Dresden quilt..going to try to do one..Any suggestions or hints?
#31
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I saw a video on Missouri Star Quilt Co site for a dresden plate with pointed blades using a wedge ruler that was very pretty and looked easy enough, which is a plus for me. Might try checking it out. Let us see the results! :thumbup:
#32
I have thought about doing one of the pic I posted in sunflower colors. This works really quick !
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-99250-1.htm
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-99250-1.htm
#33
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I am currently working on a Dresden Plate. Six of us decided to do a friendship quilt and we decided on the Dresden. We are using 1930 reproduction prints on an unbleached muslin background and the rest is up to each individuals taste choice. Some will be rounded, some pointed, some a mixture of both with embellishment at the person's choice. We just have to come up with 24 blocks to exchange 4 with one another. I am having fun making my blocks using the template from the Flynn Frame Quilting Company. When completed I will have 24 blocks to put together a lovely quilt for myself adding one more block as the label block my quilt will be 5X5 of 12" blocks and border. When I get it done (which is supposed to be Oct 1 deadline for our quilts as to not have another UFO pending) I will attempt to take pictures and post. Maybe by then I will have figured out how to do that. Enjoy making your Dresden Plates they are sew much fun. I am also going to check out some of the websites mentioned they sound really neat.
#36
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I love the Dresden plate tool. It is made by EZ International and has directions in the ruler. Also there are some great books on Dresden plate quilts....and remember to use your imagination too ! Have fun !
#37
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I am hand piecing a blade one using 30's reproductions, I only have 4 more blocks to do and then I can think about making a quilt out of them!
They are a great take along project..really quick and easy to do by hand.
They are a great take along project..really quick and easy to do by hand.
#38
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I made a Dresden Plate family reunion quilt two years ago and it was a huge hit. I used Eleanor Burns' Quilt in a Day pattern, which was fairly easy, using strips of fabric, marking, cutting and then sewing the ends chain piecing style. I asked my family to send blue fabric and they sent medium blue fabric in assorted prints which turned out to be wonderfully coordinated. I used the same fabric for the centers of the block, then a coordinating blue fabric for 4 wedges in each block (12-3-6-9 positions like a clock) and the sashing was the same blue and a white, with 9-patch cornerstones. I machine stitched the plate to a white background. The blue and white combination was striking, but any color combination would work. Nice pattern choice. MargeD
#39
Originally Posted by Diana Lynne
I have been drooling over the dresden pattern and want to try to do a quilt using it...I have checked different sites to get some info on how to do them and was able to download a pattern free..Is there any suggestions that you all can make that would help me in doing it? I have seen some very awesome and beautiful quilts here that have been done using the Dresden pattern..
#40
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I have made both round and pointed prefer the pointed. Did one quilt in reproduction fabrics which is a favorite and right now am working on a scrappy one and really like it also. Good luck with yours.
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