Hi Jerrie,
welcome!! I made a dresden plate as my very first project and enjoyed it very much. The only advice i would give is to make sure your 1/4 inch seams are accurate as i tended to make mine not quite that wide and had to resew over quite a few pieces but that made all the dresden plates work out. It was fun making them and i hope to make another one in the future... once i do all my wanna dos!