Checkered Dresden Plate.
 

I have just finished making these four table centre quilts. My UK quilt group had a recent challenge - "Something to decorate your table / coffee table"

I saw a tutorial by Jenny Doan ( amazing lady ) from Missouri Star Quilt Company in which she made a quilt with 9 of the Dresden Plates - so I have just used one block.
It is a really nice project to do and having made one for the challenge, I carried on and made three more.
I quilted the blades "In the ditch " and then want to hand sew in the middle circle some seed stitches to add an embellishment. You can see I have finished the one in shades of brown and green - halfway finished the purple one and have not done the Christmas ones yet !

Great job!

I really like those! I've not done a Dresden yet, but I like the one block idea!

very pretty always wanted to make checkered dresden's do you just make a strata of 4 strips and cut with a dresden ruler? yours are very pretty colors

wow they are so pretty.

all nicely done

Beautiful blocks and colors. I made 3 or 4 regular dresden plate quilts. I like the idea of the checkered dresdens, I could use smaller scraps for them.

Very pretty and I especially like the Christmas one. Great work

Love these! The most unique Dresden plate block I have seen and I really like it.

Those are all really nice. You've got some very nice color/fabric combinations.

Thank you for this link! Sure takes the mystery out of this dresden block!!

These are all lovely I too especially like the Christmas one. I was wondering with the first one it looks like the top of the blade is missing is it or is the fabric so close to the background that you can't see it? I was just wondering because I did that the other day something got lost because of my color choice.

Very kool. BrendaK

Hi Maria,
Yes - it has got lost, lesson learnt ! The same fabric as the background. I won't do that again.

You will need twenty different fabrics and divide the 2 1/2" x approx. 12" long strips into five sets of 4 - making sure you coordinate the colours nicely. Then cut 4 blades using a Dresden ruler or template out of each set. I just followed MSQC tutorial which Pamela has kindly added the link. Please ask any other questions and thank you everyone for your very kind comments.

Wonderful accurate piecing. Lovely blocks.

Really cool.....I like your colors and your piecing is spot on....

Very pretty!

I've made this one too - isn't it fun? Love your fabric choices!

Nice checkered dresdens.

Those are pretty blocks!

Beautiful blocks! I've never seen that pattern. Good job, Dotty!

Very nice. I never thought of piecing the Dresden plate like that.

All pretty, love the purple!

Those are really pretty.