Anyone ever turn a 12 petal Dresden into a 13?

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01-06-2011, 03:58 AM

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BMP

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Originally Posted by BMP

I think it looks wonderful, I didnt pick up on any errors until you told us what was off...
Butterflywing, thanks for the idea on how to make your own templates, I never thought of your method.

I never found a template at Joanns either I had to order from Missouri Quilt Company.
One I have not seen either is a 90* template

I ment to write a 60* template...

01-06-2011, 04:20 AM

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I really like it :thumbup: I have the ruler than requires 20, would like to do one with fewer metals. Thanks for sharing :D

01-06-2011, 04:43 AM

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Pegleg

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You have something unique. There are quilters out there that would pay good money for YOUR 13 blade template. I personally think it is awesome.

01-06-2011, 05:08 AM

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love that argyle!

01-06-2011, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by rebeccalr

Okay, so maybe I do need to get a template. I couldn't find one at my LQS or JoAnn's. I guess I will have to buy one off of the internet. It still looks okay, but I want it to be 12. It makes the colors come out right.

Here is my 13+plate story..Years ago, before rotary cutters and plastic templates I moved from Colorado to Oregon. I could only take what I could pack in my old Mercury Cougar. So knowing I would not get to take a lot of my fabrics, I cut out many quilts for later assembly. From my scrap bin I cut out about a dozen 12 piece plates using a cardboard template. Well fast-forward to my new home and I start stitching up those plates. It seems that my cardboard template had shrunk with each pass of the pencil around it's edges. By the time I got to last of them I was having to add and adjust plates to make it all lay flat. I ended up with lots of 13, 14 and one 15 bladed plates. Since I did not have access to the original pile of scraps They were some funny looking Dresden's. However luckily my first grandson had come along and he was more than happy to take this brightly scrapped quilt off my hands. I think it got loved to death over his growing up years. Now I have lots of plastic templates and all my blades are uniform, but that off kilter Dresden is still a happy memory.

01-06-2011, 07:46 AM

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rebeccalr

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Originally Posted by carhop

if you look at the pattern on the left side you have 2 of the pepermint candy pattern one on each side

Yep, that is what makes it 13 instead of 12 petals.

01-06-2011, 07:48 AM

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rebeccalr

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Originally Posted by nativetexan

look in quilterscache.com for block patterns with templates. you should find one or more. good luck.

I did look there, first, but theirs was a rounded petal and I wanted a pointed petal. Went back yesterday, printed it out, and adapted it to a pointed petal. We will see what that does. Thanks for the website reminder.

01-06-2011, 07:50 AM

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rebeccalr

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Originally Posted by donnajean

Can you not draw it out & make your own template. My 1st sewing class was for sampler quilt & the pattern for the Dresden Plate was made out of cardboard from a cereal box.

That is so funny, because I made my template out of a cereal box. I think I got my angles off a little, and y'all know how that works in quilting. I little off times X equals a bunch off when you get to the end!!