Hand Quilting Desden Plate

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10-04-2013, 08:51 AM

cactusmomma

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Hand Quilting Desden Plate

Would it work to hand quilt the individual blocks of Dresden plates and then assemble them in a quilt? I know after you quilt the block it would need to be sized but I would cut it a little large to allow for this. Thanks for your input.

10-04-2013, 09:08 AM

Tartan

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Look up QAYG or Quilt As You Go videos. You can quilt individual blocks and then connect them with sashing.

10-04-2013, 10:18 AM

Jingle

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Yes, if you did QAYG. Otherwise I don't know if it would work.

10-04-2013, 04:52 PM

IAmCatOwned

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I've done a lot of quilt-as-you-go. I loved the portability of block by block. The question to ask yourself is whether you like finishing work or not? There is a lot of finishing once you have the blocks quilted to assemble the rows. The thing to remember is to not quilt within 1/2 inch of the edge as this is your sewing line.

I can no longer hand quilt, so now do machine quilt-as-you-go. However, for that, I do section by section or row by row.