I made three this year. One I sewed the dresdens on by machine, was beautiful but the points stuck up after quilting. I didn't like that look, tried sewing them down with the machine, didn't like that. Took out some stitches and sewed them down by hand. The other two I sewed to background like I saw Jenny on youtube do. then quilted them. I did cut the back away from all of them. Leaving the background fabric would have made the quilts real heavy. The size is about a twin size.