Dresden Plates, I just love them and have made quite a few but became really frustrated with doing the circle for the centre as they don't always look perfectly round. One time, I decided to experiment with an octagonal (8 sided) pattern as my dresdens have sixteen petals? (pieces,not sure what they are called) instead for the centre and just love it. Circles don't always look perfectly round to me depending on the fabric used. So now I have dozens of circles to replace with octagons. Smart eh! Nothing like being a forward planner. You would think that unpicking was my favourite past-time as I have to unpick all the round ones and replace them with octagons. Smart, eh, talk about fencing yourself in. Oh well, I will be much happier with the final result. lol and happy quilting to everyone. Gleniveve. :-D