Dresden Plate

Hmmm that one looks strangely familiar I love what you've done with it! Anyone wanting this pattern can find it and the sashings in the Eleanor Burns Egg Money Quilts book.

Jan RCTQ Coffee Diva www.serendipityquilt> Here is the first picture of my Dresden Plate quilt. It is still a WIP, and

Beautiful--love the sashing, too!!

The white squares are 15". The plates were made, then sewed and turned them on backing fabric. Then I just appliqued them on the square. I haven't cut out the back yet, I may not. Don't need to make that decision until I sandwich it.

Thank you Irene. It had to fit my bed. There is still a border to be put on it

oh great timing, i just read u'r reply. so how did you sew the plates themselves? hand pieced, EPP, machine pieced? just curious really. what did you back the plates with? i dont remove backing when i do applique with interfacing, just curious again, lol. how long is each 'blade' then? sorry brain needs coffee and i cant think in numbers now. brb to read your reply, hopefully, lol. off to grab a cuppa, jeanne

I had all these Dresden plates and wasn't sure how to put them into a quilt. I went online and looked at DP patterns and found one with the sashings. I don't remember where I found it - it isn't on my picture. It wasn't a pattern I printed, just a picture from somewhere. I have "made up" the sashing, blocks, etc. as I wished. Soooooooo, it could be from Eleanor (I love that lady - I giggle every time she throws scraps over her shoulder). She makes quilting sound doable for anyone, as it should be.

The blades are 4" finished to the circle middle and are all machine pieced. I used well washed muslin for the backing. I did a turned DP because I didn't want to fool with hand appliquing and it was going to be too tedius to try to turn it as I appliqued. It worked great to turn them.

much thanks for the replys to all my inane questions. you did one beeeeeeeeeeautiful job on it. applause, applause, do take a bow, you deserve the recognition for such a fine quilt. hugz, jeanne

My mind is inclined to think that Dresden Plate must be done in calico sweet little prints or 30's Repros. Seeing this beauty makes me wonder what a DP would look like with the beautiful batiks some of you are stashing. I'll bet it would be dazzling. Polly

Oh yes! There you go, Kathyl! . In message , Polly Esther writes

Moi?? You think I have batiks stashed?? Whatever gave you that idea????

I've no idea - I must be prone to fantasy >g< . In message , KJ writes

pat, just add Kathyl to the top of your 'next stash raid' list. then you'll know for sure one way or t'other if'n shes stash'n those batiks. i'm sure there will be no shortage of folks join'n in on that raid. lol jeanne

Perhaps. OR you have ESP and can "see" into my sewing room. There's the batik stash, there's the 30's stash (I MUST do something with that some day!), there's the "I Spy" stash, look under here and there's the Kaffe Fasset stash nestled in with the Amy Butler's. This could go on and on. But now I'm embarrassed!

thanks, Bev. dresden in orientals is lovely for sure and the pointed dresden method i'd seen before but not paid a lot of attention to it. thanks for the heads up.

i found a few other interesting designs on Kaufman site. havent looked there in too long i guess, eh, lol. one in particular is made with orientals with ovals. not how kathyl did hers tho, well not in my head. i see that could be done in 3D.

let me think outloud here, using their colours too, fwiw.... add a rust border to a 'rectangle' of black oriental fabric. then make a sq in sq with light inner, gold corners. then sew that into the seams when you join up the bordered rectangles. roll back the bias edge on the sq in sq, stitch down, Voila!! using squares at the corners of the rectangle leaves you with ovals. yup, cuz the sqs done reach up the sides and touch, revealing some of the rust edge on each rectangle. you'd have ovals with the 'gold edged diamonds laid 3D fashion on top. in my head that works, not sure bout in real life tho. dont see why it wouldnt tho, hmmmmm. changing the colours could make for an interesting effect....stained glass too. hmmmm. does any of that make sense to anyone here? sorry, heres the link of the one i'm playing with.

you taken notes, Pat? we dont wanna miss any of the good stuff on that raid, now do we. :)) jeanne

oops, sorry. the 'sq in sq' is inserted into the seams like a 3D bowtie. then roll those bias edges back over themselves. being a sq going into the seams of a rectangle leaves an oval showing of the black fabric as shown. still not clear? hmmmmm. which part eludes ya? jeanne

huh?????