Do you make Dresden Plates?
10-12-2010, 02:23 AM
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I tend to use Eleanor Burns' template, however the fins are pointed at the top. I would like to do one where the fins are rounded, just like the Dresden Medallion in that magazine. Maybe my next venture...
10-12-2010, 03:22 AM
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paperpieces.com sell (and have free stuff) lots of different sizes, shapes of pieces for making plates.
they offer free design sheets that you can print off and color for help designing your quilt. great shop!
they offer free design sheets that you can print off and color for help designing your quilt. great shop!
10-12-2010, 04:29 AM
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ok, here are the two I just finished, you can use a cardboard templet to iron the edges over I use a round temp for the center, first I make little stitches around the circle, lay down the circle cardboard, draw up the strings around the cardboard, press with iron, wa la, a perfect circle for the center!
These still need to be starched!
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10-12-2010, 08:32 AM
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IMHO, this is the ONLY way to make a Dresden Plate.
http://www.junetailor.com/Creativity...denExpress.htm
In fact, I just used it to make a DP quilt using a customer's grandmother's skirt (the only thing she had left of her grandmother's) and it turned out wonderfully. I wouldn't make a DP any other way now :)
http://www.junetailor.com/Creativity...denExpress.htm
In fact, I just used it to make a DP quilt using a customer's grandmother's skirt (the only thing she had left of her grandmother's) and it turned out wonderfully. I wouldn't make a DP any other way now :)
10-12-2010, 08:44 AM
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I also have the Omnigrid Easy Rounded Dresden Templates. (Another 50% coupon at Joann's) I've only used it a couple of times. You're limited on size. I used Elinor Burns technique of sewing the plate right side down (minus the center)onto very thin interfacing. Then you turn it and you have very nice rounded edges to stitch down.
10-12-2010, 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by quiltnchik
IMHO, this is the ONLY way to make a Dresden Plate.
http://www.junetailor.com/Creativity...denExpress.htm
In fact, I just used it to make a DP quilt using a customer's grandmother's skirt (the only thing she had left of her grandmother's) and it turned out wonderfully. I wouldn't make a DP any other way now :)
http://www.junetailor.com/Creativity...denExpress.htm
In fact, I just used it to make a DP quilt using a customer's grandmother's skirt (the only thing she had left of her grandmother's) and it turned out wonderfully. I wouldn't make a DP any other way now :)
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