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Originally Posted by quilterella
Check out our Gallery of Quilts under the Pictures section. They have some amazing Dresden Plates and lots of inspiration.
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Originally Posted by quilterella
Check out our Gallery of Quilts under the Pictures section. They have some amazing Dresden Plates and lots of inspiration.
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Check out the free patterns at http://www.quilterscache.com...look under the 15" block size...she might have something that will work for you (or look in the 12" section and add an 1.5 mini-border to bring it up to 15).
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Have you seen X0X0X quilt tops?? (Hugs and Kisses) Since the Dresden resembles the Hugs (0) you could create a simple X block. Sashing and Cornerstones sound like a great setting for your Dresdens.
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Originally Posted by misoop
I am making Dresden Plate blocks in scrappy brown and blues. I would like to to alternate these 15 inch blocks with some other block. Any suggestions? As always, thanks for your help.
I have become such a fan of scrappy string blocks, the smaller strings the better.
I use doodle pad paper, cut to larger than you need, if I was doing a 15" block I'd make 5" squares, sew strings on the diagonal. Use anything. 1.5" & down, wonky, sew strips together. Neutral strings are great. Bonnie Hunter has quite a few on her group Quiltville.com. Put together they look like a medallion.
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Originally Posted by lfletcher
I made a dresden plate and set the blocks on point. I then alternated a plain background fabric block between them on point.
Maybe an alternate setting might achieve the same purpose:
I, too, like the idea of an on-point setting. It fills up the space nicely, and doesn't look like a standard straight grid pattern (not my personal favorite ;-) ).
http://www.rickrack.com/quilt/pdp.html
Here are a couple of other pictures I stumbled across:
The basket really compliments the plates:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pz8eid7Sg_...atch.co.uk.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pz8eid7Sg_.../Dresden+Plate,+Jenny+Reynold,+at+www_qldquilters_com.jpg
Here's the 9patch cornerstone layout option:
http://www.robertkaufman.com/quiltin...dresden_plate/
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Originally Posted by MTS
Originally Posted by lfletcher
I made a dresden plate and set the blocks on point. I then alternated a plain background fabric block between them on point.
Maybe an alternate setting might achieve the same purpose:
I, too, like the idea of an on-point setting. It fills up the space nicely, and doesn't look like a standard straight grid pattern (not my personal favorite ;-) ).
http://www.rickrack.com/quilt/pdp.html
Here are a couple of other pictures I stumbled across:
The basket really compliments the plates:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pz8eid7Sg_...atch.co.uk.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pz8eid7Sg_.../Dresden+Plate,+Jenny+Reynold,+at+www_qldquilters_com.jpg
Here's the 9patch cornerstone layout option:
http://www.robertkaufman.com/quiltin...dresden_plate/
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I think the perfect alternate block would be a Dresden Plate. If you want a different arrangment, how about doing the Dresden Plate the you make into quarters and put in the corners of a plain block? There is also a nice one that makes fans in the corner and I have even seen one where you use a quarter fan in the corner and applique a umbrella handle.
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