Dresden Plate Quilt
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Dresden Plate Quilt
Hi, I have made several quilts (I still considermyself a beginner) but I do not send them out to be finished. I stitch in theditch or zig zag around my design (usually squares, triangles, etc.) tocomplete my “sandwich”. I am making a twin size quilt for my granddaughterusing the Dresden plate. I am making the 20 blades and sewing them together.
Here are my two questions: What I would like to do issew by machine the finished blades onto a 14” square, batting and the bottommaterial (sandwich) all at once (just following the points around and then addthe circle) How do I connect the finished squares (4 across and 5 down)? If Isew by machine the finished plate and middle onto a 14” block how do I finishthe final quilt? If I stich in a ditch the 14” squares, won’t this be too big(when the batting usually says10” apart)? Any help or suggestions would begreatly appreciated.
Here are my two questions: What I would like to do issew by machine the finished blades onto a 14” square, batting and the bottommaterial (sandwich) all at once (just following the points around and then addthe circle) How do I connect the finished squares (4 across and 5 down)? If Isew by machine the finished plate and middle onto a 14” block how do I finishthe final quilt? If I stich in a ditch the 14” squares, won’t this be too big(when the batting usually says10” apart)? Any help or suggestions would begreatly appreciated.
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If you plan to sew the Dresden blades together and adding the circle; then will applique them (by machine?) to the 14" square, I would suggest that once you put the completed blocks together and sandwich, that you machine quilt around the dresdens and then maybe SID the blocks--that way you should avoid problems with not enough quilting or not close enough.
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http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...e-t263002.html
Above is a link to the DP I did using QAYG.
What I did was make the points on the blades first. Then I assembled the blades.
Then I made the circles around a heavy plastic circle template that was wrapped in foil. I basted around the circle and pulled the threads tight around the template and pressed it with an iron. Then I gently popped the template out and pressed again.
I appliqued the circles to the "flower" using a tiny ZZ stitch, then appliqued the plate to the background using the same small ZZ stitch.
After that, I assembled my sandwich blocks. I quilted 1/4" around inside of each blade and did decorative stitch in circles to look like center of a daisy.
I then outlined the plate very closely, echoed a few times, then went from point to point in a variation of a stop sign shape.
When I quilted the squares, I left enough room at the edges to join them.
First, I sewed the backs of the squares together to make a row. I used 1/4" seam, right sides together, pinning the batt out of the way.
Then, I flipped it over and trimmed excess batt, folded one side over onto another and stitched flap down, leaving enough unstitched to join next row.
When the quilt was assembled, I quilted a little medallion in each place where four squares met. I made a border and quilted it before I attached it to the quilt using the same technique I'd assembled squares with.
I stitched the layers together at the edge.
Then I sewed binding to the back, flipped it around to the front, used straight stitch to stitch down, mitring the corners as I went.
Then I put a decorative stitch on front where binding met quilt.
Above is a link to the DP I did using QAYG.
What I did was make the points on the blades first. Then I assembled the blades.
Then I made the circles around a heavy plastic circle template that was wrapped in foil. I basted around the circle and pulled the threads tight around the template and pressed it with an iron. Then I gently popped the template out and pressed again.
I appliqued the circles to the "flower" using a tiny ZZ stitch, then appliqued the plate to the background using the same small ZZ stitch.
After that, I assembled my sandwich blocks. I quilted 1/4" around inside of each blade and did decorative stitch in circles to look like center of a daisy.
I then outlined the plate very closely, echoed a few times, then went from point to point in a variation of a stop sign shape.
When I quilted the squares, I left enough room at the edges to join them.
First, I sewed the backs of the squares together to make a row. I used 1/4" seam, right sides together, pinning the batt out of the way.
Then, I flipped it over and trimmed excess batt, folded one side over onto another and stitched flap down, leaving enough unstitched to join next row.
When the quilt was assembled, I quilted a little medallion in each place where four squares met. I made a border and quilted it before I attached it to the quilt using the same technique I'd assembled squares with.
I stitched the layers together at the edge.
Then I sewed binding to the back, flipped it around to the front, used straight stitch to stitch down, mitring the corners as I went.
Then I put a decorative stitch on front where binding met quilt.
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A photo would help but like in the old days, Dresden plates had the background crosshatch (that is all straight stitching with a walking foot). They would outline the inside of each plate 1/4" from the outside edge. Looking forward to see a photo of the quilt.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Dres...He0VAPEQ7AkIKA
https://www.google.com/search?q=Dres...He0VAPEQ7AkIKA
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji8B...=TLE-w6rZP01Jk This is a good Youtube video for joining pre-quilted squares with sashing.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pL36s08wg4
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