Originally Posted by weezie

Bridgette, I did the Eleanor Burns' dresden plate from one of her shows/books. A photo of mine is below; in it (which is only a top so far), I only had about 5 colors repeated in the plate, one of which I used for sashing. I was just playing around with some fabric I had given to me and wanted to try Eleanor's method. I would rather have had another row of blocks, but ran out of fabric. (The binding is the same as the sashing.)

There are so many ways to change the look ... you just have to audition and see what you like as far as the plate center circle, the sashing, corner blocks. If you can take a dk. blue background square and one of your plates to the fabric store, you could maybe see what's right for you there before you spend your money.

Originally Posted by AnnaK

I love your navy background. And your plate colors are so happy. Your grandmother would be proud!

Originally Posted by virtualbernie

I like the 1st one better than the other 2, the green one next. The 2nd one looks kind of washed out, the first one pops!

Originally Posted by Kitsie

Me, too. It's coming along nicely. You were just cutting the other day!

Originally Posted by weezie

Bridgette, I did the Eleanor Burns' dresden plate from one of her shows/books. A photo of mine is below; in it (which is only a top so far), I only had about 5 colors repeated in the plate, one of which I used for sashing. I was just playing around with some fabric I had given to me and wanted to try Eleanor's method. I would rather have had another row of blocks, but ran out of fabric. (The binding is the same as the sashing.)

There are so many ways to change the look ... you just have to audition and see what you like as far as the plate center circle, the sashing, corner blocks. If you can take a dk. blue background square and one of your plates to the fabric store, you could maybe see what's right for you there before you spend your money.

Originally Posted by Janetlmt

I love dresden plate, I have made two of them. I love the dark blue fabric. I would put the plates on a white background and use the blue as sashing and or a border. Your plates are beautiful. Hope you share pictures when it is complete.