I won't do that again
 

I am still working on the Dresden Plate my aunt had cut out some time ago. Guess what, she rounded her blades ln the ends. If I ever do another, I will for sure just do pointed ones. I have tried every method to Sunday to do these, and nothing is quick or accurate.
Okay, I'll stop ranting and get back to work.

I made a cardboard template and made forward stitches around the rounded part, put the template on and then pulled the thread (just as you do with a circle). With a lot of starch you can iron it very accurate and I do like the rounded once very much.
Granny

Sewing with nancy just had a segment-try using interfacing(fusible or oightweight) to make your curves perfect-clip after stitching with pinking shears-it helps alot

Hey...if you simply "face" the top curve with a lightweight material and then turn it and carefully clip the edges and press, you shouldn't have any more problems. After preparing the curve, just handstitch that part or even machine stitch it and you should be good to go!

Rhonda I believe has done a tut on this...I know she has free templates on her website for them.
I've only been working with the pointed ones-very easy-time consuming though

These are good tips for tips. Thank you all.

If you use the starch method and Templar to prepare the blades, you can get perfect flat petals and plates that are ready to be glued (with wash-out glue) or pinned to the background squares.

I know it takes a little while to prepare the pieces, but then it only takes an hour or two to sew the plates to the background.

I'm glad you have mentioned their hard to work with I love the rounded ones but so far have done the pointed ones and thought about trying the rounded ones for a change. Now I'll know how to work with them easier. Thanks. Sue

Rounded dresden plate
 

When I did my dresden with the rounded blades I used "used" dryer sheets on the back (cut in half), then turned them and trimmed. Hope this helps

Good advice.....similar to Eleanor Burns technique