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Make sure each quarter is 90deg - lay a square ruler on it and trim with your rotary cutter. Sew two quarters together and make sure the straight edge is straight. If necessary lay you long ruler down and trim. When you sew both half together the block should lie flat.
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Do you press all your seams all the same way? If you don't they won't lay flat either.
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I heavily starch the fabric before I start cutting. It is hard to distort if it is board :).
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I cheat on my dresden plates. I make quarter plates and square them up into 4 squares. Some edges pieces will be a little bigger or smaller, but it will lay flat and by the time you quilt it you will have forgotten it wasn't perfect.
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May not be the "correct" way to do it, but when I made mine, they didn't lay flat so I just added another blade to it. They laid flat after that.
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When you cut your dresdan blades you create bias edges. Be very careful while sewing them together not to stretch these edges. Some people like to heavily starch them before sewing to stabilize those edges. Also, be sure you are pressing and not ironing.
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Another thing to consider - some plates are 16 blades while another pattern is 20. The plates in my winter Dresden swap are 16, one quilter had the ruler which made 20, no wonder it didn't lay flat.
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Starch it and iron it good.
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check your fabrics if one has any poly content it will shrink
with each pressing eventually causing all kinds of trouble. Is your thread 100% cotton? If sewing by machine are you lifting the fabric as you join them [To make the curves in hats the fabric is lifted up as fed into the foot]
Originally Posted by betty jo
I have recently made (2) Dresden Plates and for some reason when I finish the plate it will not lay flat and I have to go back and adjust several seams. Please tell what I'm doing wrong. I am using the Easy Dresden plate template by Darlene Zimmerman; trying to keep 1/4" seams, etc. and I cannot figure out my problem. I have watched tutorials on DP and they don't mention this problem..thanks for any info you have.
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It wont lay flat after I sew the 20 blades together before I add the circle and before I put it on my square. I press a lot too but I may be pressing the wrong way and stretching it a bit. gonna check out some info on the Board
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