Annz

interesting

mojo11

Thank you.

pocoellie

Beautiful Dresden and thanks for the great tutorial.

tinliz

Rebecca,
I have not seen any hand applique that does not look like chicken scratch on the back. :) It is the front and durability that count.

Now we know who we can go to with our math questions.
It's great that your profession meshes so well with your quilting!
Liz

QuilterToo

Thanks for the beautiful display of florals. Was trying to decide what I would use for my first Dresden plate. However I took the easy way out and bought an Accuquilt Go die for it.

dollycaswell

Oh my goodness, you are brilliant!! AND when I read this I just had to go try it out, and it works!! I've made 12 YES TWELVE gorgeous dresden's in Christmas fabric. I've never done this before and don't have a fancy ruler either, just followed your instructions.

I do have a question however,.....how in the world did you come up with 105 degrees? I understand 360 divided by 12 equals 30 degrees, but where does the 105 degrees come from?

While I'm going on like this, I've been trying to figure out how to do a nine bladed dresden plate, which would be 360 divided by 9 equals 40 degrees, but what is the rest of the calculation? Basically, how did you figure out 105 degrees, and what would that number be with 40 degrees and 9 sections?

Thanks a lot for your wonderful tute. I'm hooked on dresden plates, just need some more math help from you!!

Tweety2911

Thanks, great idea and so clever to figure that out! :-)

Rebecca_S

You are correct that for 9 blades, each blade covers 40 degrees. For the first cut, you want to make an angle that is 1/2 blade+90 degrees. That means for 9 blades the first cut will be 110 degrees and the remaining cuts at 40 degrees. You will likely need a protractor or a different ruler to make those cut, or make a template to follow. I cannot think of an easy way to cut those angles without a protractor.

JMartin

You've just made my day! I went to 3 quilting stores & Hancock Fabrics that were all out of a larger sized Dresden ruler. I followed your directions and made my own! Thank-you for saving me probably $25.00! ::::Snoopy Dancing::::

yobrosew

Thank you so much!!!