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I have tried and tried to figure out how to piece this block. My local quilting friends take one look and say - paper piece? Yikes!! There will definitely be people here who know how to do this and I'm hoping that my explanation makes sense. Then, I'll do my best to understand what you're saying.
Here's a picture of the block I am trying to piece. The dresdan fan tip doesn't work because the points are all different. I can't figure out how to number it for PPing. How is this block possible?
Last edited by b.zang; 02-22-2012 at 07:46 PM. Reason: wrong picture!
Barbara
Samuel Johnson - Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed, not by strength but by perseverance.
Oh, my, looking at it, I immediately thought 'applique' - don't see how to pp unless you piece every section of the background as you make the points - maybe someone else has a better idea?
He who cuts his own wood is warmed twice, but she who makes her own quilt is warmed forever - SLR 11/7/2011
I would not pp either. I would cut templates of each pedal out of freezer paper, iron the seam allowance of the tips to the back and then sew the pedals together. Then I would applique it to the background fabric.
Hope this makes sense.
Granny
Did you see this posted by Agnes? Its a pp dresden plate.
http://www.maryjanesfarm.org/Recipes...ced_hotpad.pdf
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mark Twain
In maryjanesfarm the dresden plate is made from equal sized pieces. In this block her pieces are individually sized. Unless her block is copied wrong, the two blocks are different.It can't be a traditional DP pattern when finished with individually sized pieces.
Last edited by TanyaL; 02-23-2012 at 03:15 AM.
Sure, it can be paper pieced. but each blade has to be a separate section. I'm not a real paper piecer, so someone may want to check my numbering, but this is what I came up with.
Nancy in MN
I think you got the formula right Nan, however, I can't imagine the bulk in the lower right corner. How would you deal with that corner? Even if you appliqued as suggested above, the bulk would still be there, wouldn't it?
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Valarie
QuiltnNan you got it right! Even if this was appliqued there would still be the bulk at the intersecting seams. That 's why on so may of these style have a circle in the middle.
You gals are right about the bulk. How about adding a triangle to the bottom right. then if you put four blocks together, that triangle will make a diamond shape
Nancy in MN
Oh my, QuiltnNan, I love it, you are so talented. I am printing it off right away!!!
Penny aka PLS 1946
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