Gorgeous top! I love Dresden plates. This reminds me that I've got to get busy on mine. I found some finished plates on eBay. They're hand sewn and the fabrics look vintage but I have no idea how old they might be. I thought this would be a quick way to get the top done. Just applique to the background, right? Wrong! When they arrived I found they didn't all lay flat. So now I'm taking them all apart and re-sewing. Oh well, it makes a nice hand project.