Queen - I love your pinks/bright colours! I can't wait to see it finished.

crafterbarbara - I am always so impressed with tie-quilts, can't wait for pics

I just wanted to thank all of you amazing Dresden plate quilters. I have been quietly lurking as this is a skill that I hope to master someday. My grandmother had a few Dresden plate quilts and I carefully studied them as a child, trying to figure out the tricks to making them. They were so pretty and so different than other quilts! Thanks for sharing and posting. I am learning through you and may get my courage up and try one soon!

That's so great to hear! I had wanted to try them for a while so I started this thread so I could do them alongside others that were more experienced and learn from everybody. I didn't find them nearly as hard as I thought they'd be!

I sandwiched my quilt yesterday. Actually I sandwiched three of them and now my calves and hamstrings are in a lot of pain. I'm not sure how others baste their quilts but I do it on my floor with 505 spray. I am lucky that I am flexible and when asked to touch my toes while bent over I can actually put my hands flat on the floor. It makes it easy to reach the floor to sandwich but doing it for so long means I can't move the next day! I gotta remember to stretch next time.

Oh and I got the call that my quilting machine came in, I am hoping to pick it up tomorrow after work and I'm going straight to quilting a quilt, I don't see myself practicing much! lol

Here is my top so far. I still need to sew the left and right columns then the sashing around. It will measure 64" x64" when done.

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Here, I thought it was pics of pretty Dresdens.

Watson

Ohmigosh, is that ever pretty!

Reminds me of summer - watermelon - coneflowers - sherbet. Just beautiful! https://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images/smilies/heart.gif

lizzie - hope you are having fun with your new machine! When I got my Bailey and frame, I went right to working on a quilt, figured that was the way I'd practice! I did a design that fit into the blocks, gentle curves for the most part. Wasn't going to try something like feathers to start with!

QBJ - that top is stunning! Love the large center, I always love a medallion style quilt.

I've not made much progress with my dresden plate top. Put it on the design wall to look at for a while and am leaning towards making different plates for it. My original idea was to make random plates and put them on a plain background, then it morphed to using the doilies, then I went with a "courthouse steps" type background and now think the plates I started with don't work. So I'll save them to use like the original plan and select fabric that goes with the background and doilies to complete this one.

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Just added my binding and thus my quilt is finished!! I actually binded 3 quilts today/yesterday and my ufo is down to one...which will remain so because I'm not interested in that quilt.

It's a bit dark here so couldn't get a good photo. I'm giving it to the recipient tomorrow so I'll try to get a better picture and update everyone.

Twas well received!!

I call this one Chevron Dresden because all of the petal fabrics were chevrons. It was a fun challenge to match all the chevrons in the wedges. My daughter has christened this "Mom's Happy Quilt" because of the bright colors.

Oops, looks like the pictures didn't show up. Will try again.

One more try.

Very nice Lizzie and Pam! Mine is still hanging on my design wall - been spending all my time on yard work/home improvement stuff. Looking forward for when I'll have more time for sewing again.

I love your quilt! The chevron makes it really funky and I love the fabric you paired to border it. Thanks for updating us!

Here's my Dresden Plate Challenge (A little late) ...a tote for a friend. The other half of the plate is on the other side of the tote.

Watson

Watson, your bag looks wonderfully. Looks like it can hold a lot of stuff. I'm sure your friend will love it.

It's great Watson!

Wow, that is a really great Dresden.
bkay