Resources
Seems that 2019 heralded a resurgence of the method using updated approaches due to Amy Smart ‘Diary of a Quilter’ https://www.diaryofaquilter.com
Websites and blogs
http://allikatquilts.blogspot.com/2019/10/ediths-folded-manx-log-cabin-quilt.html
https://icebearquilts.wordpress.com/2017/02/24/manx-log-cabin-a-special-technique/
http://coloursandfabrics.blogspot.com/2019/01/manx-log-cabin.html
http://needlemenow.blogspot.com/2012/02/new-handwork-in-february.html
Pepper Cory’s blog post with the history and explanation. See her demo and talk in ‘The Quilt Show’ link below.
https://thequiltshow.com/watch/show-list/video/latest/show-1007-simple-stitches-super-quilts
Need to be a subscriber to The Quilt Show to view – however this is an excellent tutorial from 2012.
https://www.diaryofaquilter.com/2019/02/how-to-piece-a-manx-quilt-block.html
This is the link I began with, it was from a ‘Cutting Cloth’ emailed newsletter. (As their website does not have a ‘search’ function, nor a blog, the information gets lost if you don’t keep their email.)
https://www.imuseum.im/search/all/search/?term=quilts+and+patchwork
Isle of Man imuseum – after research & email contact, was sent this link.
A collection of images on Pinterest.
A Pinterest board – ‘Log Cabin quilts: Manx quilting’
YouTube
Diary of a Quilter’s visit to Isle of Mann where she saw a demo and explanation. This is also in her above blog post.
A long demonstration using some current additions, eg starch.
XLN Fabrics: a demonstration of machine sewing a folded log cabin block.
Part 4 in a series of videos explaining a machine sewn folded log cabin block. Gives an overview of adaptation of a 10” block with padded and enlarged fussy cut centre.
Vimeo
Donna Poster’s ‘Foldy Stuff’ foundation machine pieced versions. Transfer patterns available at https://www.punchwithjudy.com.au/foldy-stuff_pleated-quilts-by-donna_poster/
Magazines
American Quilter: May 2021.
This has a 9 page copy of the ‘Diary of a Quilter’ Manx quilting blogpost – as listed above.
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