Quilting Dresden Plates?
07-09-2012, 07:44 AM
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Quilting Dresden Plates?
I've made up a bunch of Dresden Plate blocks in hopes of making a bed quilt. (Hopefully- I'm having a tough time figuring out how to lay them out to get the dimensions right... I am out of fabric at 21 blocks, so I need either a lot of sashing, or filler blocks- but that is another story.)
Since I am trying to plan out the entire quilt, I first wanted to think of how to quilt it. And this is where I am having trouble. The blocks are 16". I will have to quilt over the plate, I can't just quilt around it.
I kind of would like to enter this into a show or two (low key, like state fair)- so I think stippling is not the way to go. They always seem to prefer quilting specific to the quilt.
Does anyone have suggestions on how to quilt Dresden plates, recognizing that I will need to quilt on the plate itself?
Thanks!
Since I am trying to plan out the entire quilt, I first wanted to think of how to quilt it. And this is where I am having trouble. The blocks are 16". I will have to quilt over the plate, I can't just quilt around it.
I kind of would like to enter this into a show or two (low key, like state fair)- so I think stippling is not the way to go. They always seem to prefer quilting specific to the quilt.
Does anyone have suggestions on how to quilt Dresden plates, recognizing that I will need to quilt on the plate itself?
Thanks!
07-09-2012, 08:18 AM
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This is what I would do too!
07-09-2012, 08:39 AM
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When you say around each wedge- do you mean inside the plate? That would be a form of quilting on the plate. If you just mean around the outside, and not on the plate, then I haven't quilted close enough.
SITD is a good one to consider, but I think I like the idea of 1/4" inside each blade.
07-09-2012, 08:40 AM
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dunster - wow- that is GORGEOUS. I don't think mine will look like that though 
First, because I'm just not that good, second because it looks like it was appliqued onto wholecloth, and I have blocks.
I thought about alternating the Dresden blocks with a blank block (since I don't have enough plates for the full quilt), so I could do medallions in those. That would probably look neat. I do wonder if the quilting will get too dense for a bed though. Maybe it would be a good opportunity to brush up on my trapunto.
First, because I'm just not that good, second because it looks like it was appliqued onto wholecloth, and I have blocks.I thought about alternating the Dresden blocks with a blank block (since I don't have enough plates for the full quilt), so I could do medallions in those. That would probably look neat. I do wonder if the quilting will get too dense for a bed though. Maybe it would be a good opportunity to brush up on my trapunto.
07-09-2012, 09:37 AM
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That looks beautiful!!! I'm hand-quilting a dresden plate and this is how I am doing it(the blocks are 17 inches square...
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This is what the back looks like:
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This is what the back looks like:
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07-09-2012, 10:21 AM
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I made a dresden plate quilt and it was quilted 1/4" inside each wedge. I had it LAd by a gal and she used matching thread for each color of each dresden wedge. It turned out beautifully.
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