Dresden Dahlia?
 

I should stay away from Pinterest! I saw a picture of this block and had to try it. I think it might end up being a pillow front. I think the name is Dresden Dahlia but I am not sure. The nice part is, there are no raw edges showing so I can stitch it right to a background square.[ATTACH=CONFIG]554800[/ATTACH]

looks exellent

Someone is sure very clever with designing this pattern. Tartan, I spend way much too time looking at patterns on Google. Just enjoy the patterns you find!

that is vert neat!!!

It must be nice to have the ability to look at a photo and reproduce it! Not in my realm! Beautiful block.

Love it! Beautiful block.

That's very pretty!

Wow! What a beauty! You are really talented!

What a clever design. Nice work.

Can we have a"how to" pattern please. I am a Dresden plate fan ( excuse the pun) and use the ruler to make mine but the secondary petal foxes me rather as to how you sewed it into the main flower/ plate. You are indeed very clever to work it out yourself. I have seen one on MSQC but that was just the insertion of a contrasting triangle shape folded down the middle from point to bottom, then pressed flat, which was pretty. Yours seems more intricate. Brilliant! Thanks for sharing your talents.

Oh - how very different! Hope you don't mind if I borrow this idea?

I so admire your talents Tartan. You always do amazing work.

I love that Dresden plate. If you wanted, you could lay a piece of a different color under the plate as you stitch it down. Yellow centers? All different colored centers? ? ? ?

Love your Dresden! Are the gray pieces "loose" on the top part? Does it have a 3D effect? That's the way it looks to me in the pic.

I use Edyta Sitar's shooting star pattern BUT there is a round center you applique on top. I like this finished center way better - not sure how to go about finishing it that way though. Any tips?

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Absolutely beautiful. Of course the assembly is a mystery to me, but it seems that the smaller "petals" are inserted between the larger petals. But-- can't figure out the pointed tip facing the center. Just a guess. I love the dahlia.

I love the center of this.... would also like to see a "how to" as I love doing Dresden Plate design and this is so beautiful and interesting.

Very pretty. I have admired that block,but never actually made it.

Very nice design.

Missouri Star has a tutorial on this block.

Missouri Star quilt tutorial on youtube.com calls it Sunburst Dresden plate

I ran across a similar to the MSQC idea but different. It is on my bucket list to do.

Beautiful. BrendaK

First time I believe I've ever seen a 13-pointed star!

Hello Tartan, Did you figure out how to make the center pieces without having raw edges or is there a pattern for this. I have tried to find the pattern using the name you mentioned, but have not found anything. The Missouri Star tutorial Sunburst does not finish the center like yours. Thank you, Ellen

great job, tartan
the Pinterest picture leads to this site http://northerndeb.blogspot.com/2009...00s-quilt.html
she said there is no pattern, that she made it up

I need help. How can I get patterns for things seen on Pinterest?

I love this....

Love this Tartan. Beautifully done.

Awesome you are sooooo talented!

I think you finish the center just like you did the outside. Fold the petal in half and sew the top. Fold the bottom white part and sew. Trim, open and press and then you sew the whites to the petals. The white petals seem to be sewn to the colored petal while folded and then opened so the seam is in the middle underneath. It's hard to see in the picture, but the white part may be loose. Then it just overlaps the next one.

Woo-hoo! Great looking block and great idea for a pillow.

Beautiful block.

What a cool pattern! I immediately saw it as a light yellow with a lighter medium blue sewn onto a dark midnight blue for a star of Bethlehem. Very inspiring block!

Same here!

Very nice block and love the fabrics you chose to use.
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Love this. Is there a pattern?

Great work!