I have made 35 dresden plate table toppers since August including some of the double pointed ones. I spray basted my backing to thin batting and background fabric--then spray basted the plate to background and stitched 1/4 or less around all the points. Did echo quilting around outside of plate and then some of the fancy machine stitches around edges of background between plate and binding. Most of these were octogon shape and rest were squares. Most of them were assorted Christmas fabrics for gifts and Festival of Trees donation. That means 700 little wedges to cut and sew and turn the points and press before you can even sew them into the circle--yikes!!!! Good thing I didn't realize that before I started. They've all delivered so can't even look at them--didn't keep even one for myself.