Dresden Snowflake
 

I'm hoping someone has instructions or a link for how to make a dresden snowflake... where the blades are different lengths like ice crystals. I would like to make a 12" dresden snowflake.

Thanks in advance!

Never mind! I found out how to do it. Thanks for reading.

Oooh. I had to look that one up. Very pretty. Love to see how yours turns out

Are you going to post a picture of the Dresden Snowflake?

Please share
 

Please share the link where you found the directions.

Totally intrigued here ..... yes, please do share!

I googled dresden snowflake and got these.... very pretty https://www.google.com/search?q=dres...hrome&ie=UTF-8

I agree! QuiltNan, thank you for posting the information you found on Google.

Oh, those are pretty! Aaaand... Another quilt is added to the list of must dos! :D

I never found a pattern so I just plunged in with my dresden ruler and made one following a picture from Pinterest. I figured out that for a 12" block, you need "blades" that are 5" long (5), 4" long (10), and 3" (5). Altogether, 20 blades.

Here's mine:
It's for one of the ladies in the Boom block swap. She's doing a Christmas quilt.

this is so pretty. thanks for your numbers

Snowflake
 

Thanks for sharing this. Will be trying one

Beautiful block Sewbizgirl.

Oh my goodness gracious, that's beautiful! My niece would love a quilt like that, she's big on snowflakes and snowmen like I am.

Yep, another quilt added to my 'must do' list, lol.

Thank-you QuiltnNan for the link. sewbizgirl yours is very pretty.

another goodie just added to the growing bookmarks of quilting projects that I want to do.

Thanks sewbizgirl. As if this bucket list I'm toting around isn't heavy enough!! Really like the one you did.

That is really pretty and thank you for sharing your pattern info. I really need to try one of these!

Very pretty.

I love Dresdens! And this is beaurtiful!
QuiltNan,I have a question. Did you have any trouble sewing the different lengths together or while stitching it to the background? Thanks!

Just a question, don’t all dressed. Plate blocks have 20 blades? The snowflake block is absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing yours.

I think so... which is why my snowflake ends up with 5 peaks. I think real snowflakes have 6 peaks, but oh well... close enough.

I have made tons of dresden blade quilt blocks. If you make the center circle larger, you need more blades.A smaller circle would need fewer ones.

The number of blades in a Dresden Plate block is dependant on the number of degrees in the wedge. A circle has 360 degrees. Divide that by the degrees in the blade to get the number of blades. A 12 degree blade requires 30 blades and an 18 degree blade requires 20 blades.
https://forum.missouriquiltco.com/fo...vs-wedge-ruler

Very nice design. How did I miss this one? Thanks.

i have trouble doing all the math to figure out how many blades to make. If I don't have a pattern to follow, I make the blades and then make a circle to fit. It works for me.

I spent a lot of time on this , and had lots of fun. Thank you QuiltnNan.

i need to add that most of the patterns I use tell me how many blades to make, what size and what size circle. The tool itself comes with a pattern that is useful. Sorry, after reading my reply I realized it made me sound a little crazy.

No wonder you wanted to make it. They're beautiful!