I am making another Dresden Plate quilt out of my scraps and here's my delimna. I have looked at tons of pictures of DP's made by board members and most of them have a rather small center circle. mine is not. I am making mine form the pattern in Eleanor Burn's Egg Money Quilts book and her center circle is about twice as big as the ones I've seen on here. Problem is, I can't really make it any smaller so y'all think this will be acceptable?
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do you have a picture?
Originally Posted by ruck9085
I am making another Dresden Plate quilt out of my scraps and here's my delimna. I have looked at tons of pictures of DP's made by board members and most of them have a rather small center circle. mine is not. I am making mine form the pattern in Eleanor Burn's Egg Money Quilts book and her center circle is about twice as big as the ones I've seen on here. Problem is, I can't really make it any smaller so y'all think this will be acceptable?
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Why not? It's your quilt, do what you want with it. I like E. Burns and made a bunch of log cabins from her book. I loved them and loved doing them her way.
Remember you're quilting to please yourself not the non existent quilting police. |
Yes, it's okay to have a larger circle than usual
in your dresden plate quilt. |
Extend the lines of your pattern towards the center. Either until they meet or it's the size you want (in which case add ¼" seam allowance).
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I don't see why not. I bet it will turn out great. :thumbup:
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It's quilters choice. It will look great no matter what you decide because it's yours.
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The Dresden Plate was the focus of the last two episodes of Sewing with Nancy and they had many different size centers, no matter what size the blades were. I don't think this is one of the "rules" of quilting, so I think yours will be just fine no matter what size they are! Your quilt, your choice!!! Please post pictures when you are all finished with this lovely quilt!
P.S. I also heard that the Quilt Police were banned from this site :thumbup: |
Posted a picture of one of the plates on the pictures page.
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It is absolutely acceptable. But if the size of the center circle bothers you, you could make a second, smaller circle of one of your plate fabrics and place it in the center of the large circle.
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