BOOBOOBEAR9999

I plan on machine sewing it. What color thread would you use for multicolor blades. I would attach a picture but don't know how.

sharon b

Do you want the stitch to stick out or blend in ? If you want it to stick out and show you could use a contrating color- so if the blades are darker in color use a white if they are a lighter color use black - if you want the thread to blend in do the opposite of what I just said - if the blades are a lighter color try a lighter gray or white - if they are dark use a darker gray , black or tan

BOOBOOBEAR9999

here's my dresden:

humbird

How about using monofiliment? (Is that how you spell it? I'm an awful speller, and don't think there is a spell check for this board! DARN)

Mimiqwerty

I machine appliqued them to the backing fabric using invisible thread and the blind hemming stitch on my machine. Turned out beautiful!

rakerlm

I have digitized a Dresden for machine applique and have not gotten around to making a quilt yet but I will be letting my 6 needle Babylock do the work!

farmgirl_404

Craftsy.com has a free quilting BOM class which covers the Dresden quilt block for the month of July. That's how I learned!

Taughtby Grandma

I use a blanket stitch on my machine.

Steady Stiching

I used an applique stitch on mine which is like a blanket stitch except shorter.

Geri B

there are two ways: if it the rounded edges you can hand/machine applique onto background block or as Eleanor Burns has demonstrated in her DB book, use fusible lightweight interfacing sew it on, flip out and iron onto background, but if I remember correctly, she also h/m app down.....I guess you could do that with the pointed tips too, but simply sew the interfacing in a circle inside those tips......doesn't Kay Wood have a way to do them too? I, myself have made two and both times have machine app with invible thread........maybe one day will try EB's method.....