Hate to bother everyone...again
01-13-2012, 06:16 AM
#11
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I dont use a stabilizer either, and have never had a problem. There are no raw edges, I applique them down by hand, the centers are added the way Eleanore Burns does it, she makes everything so easy!!
01-13-2012, 09:24 AM
#12
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Not of help to your problem, but just want to say I am GLAD we "bother" each other with our problems. What is a major issue to some of us is nothing to some others. That is how we help each other and even if I think I "know" the answer I read just to refresh my mind. Hope your plate quilt turns out well and you will share a photo with us. Bless you.
01-13-2012, 11:57 AM
#14
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Originally Posted by schoolteacher
Oh my, I must be doing it wrong. My pattern did not call for any stabalizer. I sewed them all together, put them on the background square and am now going to hand sew the center on. They look good so guess the quilt police won't arrest me.
That's how I would do a dresden plate....
01-14-2012, 09:23 AM
#15
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Guess I did my two Dresden quilts "wrong". I just pinned mine to the background making sure I pinned each blade top & bottom & sewed them down.I didn't have any problems & didn't know I should be doing it differently. I machined stitched them down.
01-14-2012, 09:27 AM
#16
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I've only done one Dresden plate quilt, and I did the applique by hand, without stabilizer. If you feel you need some, I'd recommend a lightweight fusible stabilizer. you don't want your quilt to be stiff.
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