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I use Karen Kay Buckley’s perfect circles. Add a quarter of an inch around when cutting. Run a basting stitch, starch the edges, pull the basting around the template, and iron. If it’s not as perfect as I’d like, I can re-starch/iron. Then I use a glue stick to hold it in place for appliqué stitching. I prefer hand stitching but machine stitching works too.
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Originally Posted by kristijoy
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How do you all do your centers? I used the ' light-weight interfacing, stich and turn' method. I put it on last. I like the way it turned out, but the flowers are a bit bulky.
I center the template on the fabric, starch around the edges, and start pulling the edges over the template a little at a time with the edge of the iron until I've gone all the way around. Pull out the template, run a glue stick around the outside of the circle under the fold, rearrange it and then press again until the glue dries. |
Originally Posted by lizzie3
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I am easy going (at least when it comes to my quilting) so even when it's imperfect I still love it.
I'm finally piecing the top from all the blocks I made for Barbara Brackman's Civil War Blog BOW in 2011 and some of those blocks are pitiful. One was almost a full half-inch wider than the rest. https://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images/smilies/shock.png I felt like Cinderella's ugly step-sister who says, "I'll MAKE it fit!" https://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images...es/redface.png I steamed it and squished it and pressed wrinkles right into it to take up the extra width. Yep, it's a little wrinkly now, but by the time I get to the quilting stage, the wrinkles will soften and then when it's washed, it's not going to be any more wrinkled or crinkly than the rest of the quilt. It's fine. :D "Finished is better than perfect" and someday, my children will fight over who gets it. Hahahahaha! 😄 |
What a coincidence, as I just "discovered" Dresden Plates and have been playing with them.
Not sure I'll make a whole quilt, but I will certainly follow along with you all and see what wonders you come up with. Watson |
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Here is a picture of the Round Robbin quilt I used the plates on. I only added the four corners, the rest was done by other participants.
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Originally Posted by Macybaby
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Here is a picture of the Round Robbin quilt I used the plates on. I only added the four corners, the rest was done by other participants.
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Originally Posted by Macybaby
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Here is a picture of the Round Robbin quilt I used the plates on. I only added the four corners, the rest was done by other participants.
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I have decided to drop out of this. I was iffy to start with and since my time just can hold another activity the completion of my current Dresden Plate will have to wait. To think I could pull out the WIP and finish it up while working on the projects I have going was not to smart on my end. I will watch this thread. I love to see other Dresden Plate quilts and I will post here a pic of one of my first ones. I made this King Size quilt more than 30 years ago.
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My first Dresden plate and I'm hooked. I've been looking at Dresden plate videos all day long!
Still needs a centre. Watson |
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Another experiment. This isn't applique'd yet, just sitting on a towel.
Watson |
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