I am making a dresden plate quilt for my very best friend's 25th wedding anniversary out of orientals. The attached picture is how I want to set it, but, I made 25 dresden plates, one for each year. Her bed is a large kingsize and is very high off the floor. So, my question is: with 25 12" sq blocks would you set them on point or row by row? I'm hoping someone on here could do a quick EQ for me or is better at the mathematical aspect than me!

Wouldn't they have to be on point to make use of all 25? That is beautiful by the way.

I am a complete loser at this aspect of quilting (I actually make blocks and lay them on the bed!). I just wanted to say this is a beautiful design, and I really will try and focus on the mathematics of the process, so I can do things "properly". Great question, and I am sure this will help a lot of us.

I am sorry to not be any help with the setting . . . . just want to say how beautiful is the quilt design!

Can't help you with the math - my brain shuts down when it hears "math"- I need to do things visually. This is a really beautiful design. Your friend should be extremely happy with this wonderful gift.

No 5 x 5 :) Or ... stagger a row of 3 then a row of 2.

I like them on point BTW.

You think your math is off. I was trying my hand at Dresden plate. Got one HUGE Dresden plate with about a 4-5 in center. Well I'll figure out how to use that in a charity quilt. So I thought I try and make some much smaller ones to go with it. No way. I ended up with another HUGE circle, 4" dresden sections and a HUGE hole in the center. No EQ here, I'll have to do Search or Google for some help.

Oops, what was I thinking. And yes, I like them on point also.

A reg. king is 76x80 and a cal. king is 72x84. The big question is what is the depth of the mattress. If the mattress is say 15" thick then add 30" to 76" then 2-3" for each side it to go below the top mattress.

So 76+30+4= 110 wide

Now Do you want the quilt to go over just the top of the pillows or tuck in? I probably would do 80" + 15" + 2" = 97" for under pillows. I probably would add 6" to that # if to go over the pillows and if tucked I would add the additional 15".

So tucked would be 80+15+2+15= 112

110x112

this comes out to 110x110

Thanks for the picture of your wonderful quilt. It truly is beautiful. I have just chosen the fabric for my very first dresden to go in my very first sampler quilt. I love the sashing. Thanks also, Denise, for working out the math. I also have a kingsize bed and would love to make a dresden quilt for myself. But certainly not up to the math part yet.