Help with Dresden's - my first time!
I'm making a Dresden Christmas Tree Wall Hanging. I've never made Dresden's before and I'm having an issue of getting a half circle of them. It's either over a half or it's under a half, but never a clear half circle after putting them together. I've tried 8 wedges, 9 wedges, even 10 wedges. Is there a 'secret' to doing them. All of my seams measure 1/4", When I flip the point after I sew across the top, I make sure the 'seam' is center line before ironing the point of the Dresden. I'm using an actual Dresden Ruler from MSQ. How do you figure out how many Dresden's are in a circle, a half circle?? I'm throwing my hands up in ugg's, to the point I even let dinner overcook because I was back fiddling with them... I know, I know shouldn't have been at the time, but luckily dinner still tasted good!
Anyhow, can anyone help out? I'm completely new to Dresden's, but I really like how they look and plan on doing a large quilt with them on it, if I can figure them out, that is. Is the trick to sewing them 2 x 2, then 4 x 4, etc until you have a half or full circle? I wouldn't think it would matter when all the seams are the same 1/4", so I didn't do that, instead I just kept sewing one onto another, then added another, and so on. They are befuddlling me. They all measure the same size (width), even after sewing them. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.