I LOVE Rubber Duckies!
Rubber duckies make everyone smile
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I don't know when I started collecting them, but they have taken over my bathroom with their smiling-evoking charms. And my best selling book out of thirty so far is a pop culture title on rubber duckies! So, you can see why I had to design my own real rubber duckie, and why I'm working on a rubber duckie quilting book.
Jodie's Sunbonnet Sue Rubber Duckie Applique Block Series
The happy and colorful Rubber Duckie is a perfect subject for quilts, and even better when paired with the idea of Sunbonnet Sue to create a collection of characters for quilt blocks.
To learn more about Jodie's Quilting Rubber Duckie--a real rubber duckie, click here.
The Workout Rubber Duckie
Our Fifth Sunbonnet Sue Rubber Duckie is all about staying in shape--or at least looking the part. With her dumbells, exercise ball and leaotard she's ready for the gym. (Or Kim's Bottt Campm, where I go.)
Click here to download the pattern for Jodie's Workout Sunbonnet Sue Rubber Duckie Pattern. Blocks will be removed as more are added, so get them while you can!
Please note that this is a block-of-whenever. My duties at QNNtv and travel allow for little design time. I get to blocks as time allows. New blocks are announced in my newsletter. Thanks for your enthusiasm!
As I add block, I make the earliest ones unavailable, so get them while you can! Eventually they will be in a book.
The Artist Rubber Duckie
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Fourth in our series is one talented duckie! With her palette loaded with glorious paint, she is ready to depict her favorite subject: A bathtub full of bubbles perhaps?
Click here to download the pattern for Jodie's Sunbonnet Sue Artist Rubber Duckie Pattern.
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Our third rubber duckie is an avid birdwatcher. She makes homes for birds, feeds them, and spends hours watching them. In fact, she's putting up a newbird house just now and the birds are ready!
This block is no longer available. Watch for the book!
Please note that this is a block-of-whenever. My duties at QNNtv and travel allow for little design time. I get to blocks as time allows. New blocks are announced in my newsletter. Thanks for your enthusiasm!
The Cook Rubber Duckie
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Second in our series is a duckie who is quite the connoisseur of gourmet food--make that gum drops, of course. With her chef's hat and jacket on, she is whipping up a batch of every rubber duckie's favorite; Gum Drop Cookies.
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have to wait for the book!
The Gardener Rubber Duckie
No longer available! It will be in the book we're writing that will include all of the duckies and projects made using them. We'll announce the publication date when we know it.
The happy and colorful Rubber Duckie is a perfect subject for quilts, and even better 
when paired with the idea of Sunbonnet Sue to create a collection of characters for quilt blocks.
The Gardener Rubber Duckie is the first in the series. She is tending her Gum Drop Tree, bearing the favorite food of Rubber Duckies--gum drops!
The block patterns are drawn full-size, finishing 9" x 12" to allow for lots of room to add embelishments.
Each pattern will be up for only a limited time, so be sure to watch for Jodie's newsletter and print out the patterns as they are announced.
Please let me know how your block turns out. This may turn into a book like Backyard Birds did, so I appreciate your input on the designs, and would love to show off your work in the possible book. Have fun!
Learn more about gum drops:
There are ordinary gum drops, and then there are spice drops. Who are the manufacturers of spice drops?
Ready to try designing your own paper pieced patterns? I'm often asked how one goes about designing patterns for paper piecing. So, I am working on a series of short tutorials. Please feel free to share these with friends and guild memebrs, but please retain the copyreight and URL info so quilters will know where to find more info.
Click to download the pdf files and either save them or print them out.
Designing Your Own Paper Piecing Patterns, Part 1: What You Can and Can't Paper Piece
Designing Your Own Paper Piecing Patterns, Part 2: Adapting a Pattern for Paper Piecing
More to come!
Teach/learn paper piecing with Jodie's Auto Pilot Paper Piecing. Paper piecing is by far the most accurate a simple piecing method. While you are still simply sewing two pieces of fabric right sides together, that piece of paper throws sewers off. So, to take the thinking out of paper piecing, Jodie has developed simple rules for each step. try her autopilot paper piecing and paper piecing will be a no-brainer!
Learn Jodie's easy technique to paper piece curves. Follow the 16 pictures below. Click here to download a PDF file of the Drunkard's Path block so that you can try curved paper piecing right away. It is so easy complete beginners can--and do--do it!
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