Needing help with Dresden Plate
04-30-2011, 09:55 AM
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Well come to the board from Pennsylvania.
I have made 2 dresden plate quilts. Both of them were with rounded edges. The first one I made I turned under a 1/4 inch on the edges and appliqued them to the blocks. I didn't cut away the fabric that was behind the plate. The second dreden I did a little differently. It too had rounded edges. I placed a piece of fuseable webbing sticky side facing the right side of the plate. I stitched around the plate 1/4 inch. I then cut a slice from the middle and turned them right side out. The next step was to iron the plates to the background. I did a heavy blanket stitch using #12 Sulky cotton thread to give it a hand stitched look. Hope this helps.
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I have made 2 dresden plate quilts. Both of them were with rounded edges. The first one I made I turned under a 1/4 inch on the edges and appliqued them to the blocks. I didn't cut away the fabric that was behind the plate. The second dreden I did a little differently. It too had rounded edges. I placed a piece of fuseable webbing sticky side facing the right side of the plate. I stitched around the plate 1/4 inch. I then cut a slice from the middle and turned them right side out. The next step was to iron the plates to the background. I did a heavy blanket stitch using #12 Sulky cotton thread to give it a hand stitched look. Hope this helps.
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04-30-2011, 10:08 AM
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[quote=Janetlmt]Well come to the board from Pennsylvania.
I have made 2 dresden plate quilts. Both of them were with rounded edges. The first one I made I turned under a 1/4 inch on the edges and appliqued them to the blocks. I didn't cut away the fabric that was behind the plate. The second dreden I did a little differently. It too had rounded edges. I placed a piece of fuseable webbing sticky side facing the right side of the plate. I stitched around the plate 1/4 inch. I then cut a slice from the middle and turned them right side out. The next step was to iron the plates to the background. I did a heavy blanket stitch using #12 Sulky cotton thread to give it a hand stitched look. Hope this helps.
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I've never done rounded edges because I can't needle turn well yet. Thank you for this tip. I heard it awhile back but forgot about it. I have several DP finished just waiting for a quilt to go on.
I have made 2 dresden plate quilts. Both of them were with rounded edges. The first one I made I turned under a 1/4 inch on the edges and appliqued them to the blocks. I didn't cut away the fabric that was behind the plate. The second dreden I did a little differently. It too had rounded edges. I placed a piece of fuseable webbing sticky side facing the right side of the plate. I stitched around the plate 1/4 inch. I then cut a slice from the middle and turned them right side out. The next step was to iron the plates to the background. I did a heavy blanket stitch using #12 Sulky cotton thread to give it a hand stitched look. Hope this helps.
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I've never done rounded edges because I can't needle turn well yet. Thank you for this tip. I heard it awhile back but forgot about it. I have several DP finished just waiting for a quilt to go on.
04-30-2011, 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Janetlmt
Well come to the board from Pennsylvania.
I have made 2 dresden plate quilts. Both of them were with rounded edges. The first one I made I turned under a 1/4 inch on the edges and appliqued them to the blocks. I didn't cut away the fabric that was behind the plate. The second dreden I did a little differently. It too had rounded edges. I placed a piece of fuseable webbing sticky side facing the right side of the plate. I stitched around the plate 1/4 inch. I then cut a slice from the middle and turned them right side out. The next step was to iron the plates to the background. I did a heavy blanket stitch using #12 Sulky cotton thread to give it a hand stitched look. Hope this helps.
I am working on the Dresden Plate now and using batiks. Mine are the pointed spikes. Am not using any type of backing but am appliqueing (sp) them using invisible thread and very tiny blind hem stitch on the machine. It's working out fine. And welcome to the QB. You'll get the help you need, I promise. Marge L.
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I have made 2 dresden plate quilts. Both of them were with rounded edges. The first one I made I turned under a 1/4 inch on the edges and appliqued them to the blocks. I didn't cut away the fabric that was behind the plate. The second dreden I did a little differently. It too had rounded edges. I placed a piece of fuseable webbing sticky side facing the right side of the plate. I stitched around the plate 1/4 inch. I then cut a slice from the middle and turned them right side out. The next step was to iron the plates to the background. I did a heavy blanket stitch using #12 Sulky cotton thread to give it a hand stitched look. Hope this helps.
I am working on the Dresden Plate now and using batiks. Mine are the pointed spikes. Am not using any type of backing but am appliqueing (sp) them using invisible thread and very tiny blind hem stitch on the machine. It's working out fine. And welcome to the QB. You'll get the help you need, I promise. Marge L.
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