Deb watkins

Oh no, already had two drop out.....

tolepainter54

I'm sorry to hear that! They will miss the fun!

Karen

OK....WHAT IS THE SECRET TO THE CENTER?!!! Trully..Deb did you turn the edge under or just applique it down? It looks so big

rfbrazell

Here is a pic of my first attempt at a dresden pattern. I think it came out pretty good. I am going to use a light yellow for the center and I am still researching the leave pattern.
when I cut out my templates I put it on a grid and saw that the petals were 2 1/2 inches wide and a lightbulb went off. I've got a ton of jelly rolls and they are 21/2 wide. Probably the rest of the great group already knew that. I cut the strips to lentgh and stack them by 4 and got them all cut out in less than 30 minutes.
So there ya go.
I post another pick tomorrow when I get the whole block done.l

R

sapdoggie

Wow - great idea. Thanks for sharing :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

sapdoggie

Hope they are OK and just busy. Certainly no one scared them away ;) ;) ;)

Deb watkins

Karen, here is my secret - which really isn't. I take the cheaters way out for this. I cut the center about 1/2 inch larger than the template. I sew my center fabric to a piece of scrap muslin or white scrap, with rst....all the way around. Make a slit in the muslin and turn right side out. I use an orange stick to really poke the circle out. Press well and blanket stitch.

Deb watkins

Great start! Looking good!

Crafty3790

So how many are we now?

QuilterMomma

I do this as well except I use fusible interfacing. Being sure that I do not press until the sticky side of interfacing is out and then adhere to dresden plate then blanket stitch. This way it is stuck down when I put it on and does not shift. Eleanor Burns shows this in her teaching videos and you can you tube it.