Making your own ruler/templates
 

I have admired Dresden blocks/quilts for years but most of the patterns and the ruler I purchased required making 20 blades for each block. I thought maybe I would try making a ruler that would require only 12 blades. Yeh, I could handle making 12 blades instead of 20 (Did I mention I want fast results?) I have acrylic that I had purchased at a yard sale so this morning, after seeing the gorgeous quilt of the week here on the QB, I decided to go in, draw something up with a 30 degree angle and see if I could make it work. Then after making the ruler I just had to test it out and see if it was accurate. I am happy to say I was a success! This block lays flat as a pancake. Yippee!

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boy they do lay nice and flat. good work!!! great idea.

Good Job! Very pretty!

Hooray for you!

It's a gorgeous block too.

thanks for showing your ruler... it makes a beautiful dresden

way to go. love the block. I'm thinking of make dresdan plate for my mom for christmas. It the rate I'm gone maybe it will have to be passed back a year or two or more. but give me hope that I can someday.

Very creative! Really did a great job!

Awesome job. Good for you.

Very cool! Did you cut the plastic? If so, what did you use to cut it?