LindaM49

I finally have everything cut for my Christmas table topper. Before I jump in and do it wrong...famous for that...I need a little advice. The Fons & Porter book that has the pattern that I am using assumes that you know how to put this thing together. There are no sewing instructions except...sew the wedges together. I did some searching online yesterday and found something about making the Dresden plates so I just need to know if I should sew these wedges together just like that. For my pattern it's simply sewing them together in a circle as cut...not points etc. It said to start at the wide bottom and sew toward the narrow top using 1/4" seam. That sounds easy enough. It says to sew them in sets of 2. After making all sets of 2 (I have 32 wedges) sew 2 of those sets together to make 4 etc. Make 4 sets of 8 wedges and then sew those 4 sets together to make the center ring. After that you add binding and the 10" center circle. You bind the bottom of the wedges and then sew this to your 42" diameter circle. When you quilt you do stitch in the ditch between the wedges...and then top stitch your 42" circle to make it look like they were precut wedges too.

I hope I explained this that someone will understand...lol.

I guess my question is...is this the best way to sew the wedges together. Start sewing, stop sewing and clip the threads for each set of 2 ???