Help Please! Dresden Plate Advice!
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Help Please! Dresden Plate Advice!
I am starting my first ever Dresden Plate quilt!!
I am going to use a white base and the plates are going to be scrappy blue.
I don't believe in monsters under the bed and I don't believe in the quilt police.
What I'm looking for is words of experience on the most effective use of diversity.
My question is:
- is it better to have 20 different blades with no duplicates
- let the duplicates fall where they may
- use the same fabric at the four "corners" and the rest all different
- something else?
Please help me!
I am going to use a white base and the plates are going to be scrappy blue.
I don't believe in monsters under the bed and I don't believe in the quilt police.
What I'm looking for is words of experience on the most effective use of diversity.
My question is:
- is it better to have 20 different blades with no duplicates
- let the duplicates fall where they may
- use the same fabric at the four "corners" and the rest all different
- something else?
Please help me!
#2
This is one of those questions that you'll get all kinds of answers to. I know many folks who say put them in a bag and pull them out one by one. I can't do that. I need more order. So I would lay out one with 20 different blades and many a couple for the four of the same color idea and the rest different. Stand back and take a look. If one doesn't hit you immediately as the best way, sleep on it and look again the next day. Good luck.
#3
I usually do them scrappy - but they do look great all one color or every 4th color - I just cut blades out and lay them out to see what catches my eye. The great thing is there is no wrong way to do it.
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I just finished a red and white Dresdan Plate quilt. I just used a random method for the blades but I did keep all the centers the same, Sometimes the same blade was included but well seperated. I have added a narrow border of red and then a 3 1/2 " white border. I am real happy with the results. Now to sandwich and quilt
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I am starting my first ever Dresden Plate quilt!!
I am going to use a white base and the plates are going to be scrappy blue.
I don't believe in monsters under the bed and I don't believe in the quilt police.
What I'm looking for is words of experience on the most effective use of diversity.
My question is:
- is it better to have 20 different blades with no duplicates
- let the duplicates fall where they may
- use the same fabric at the four "corners" and the rest all different
- something else?
Please help me!
I am going to use a white base and the plates are going to be scrappy blue.
I don't believe in monsters under the bed and I don't believe in the quilt police.
What I'm looking for is words of experience on the most effective use of diversity.
My question is:
- is it better to have 20 different blades with no duplicates
- let the duplicates fall where they may
- use the same fabric at the four "corners" and the rest all different
- something else?
Please help me!
#9
i made a scrappy dresden with 20 blades, and placed them all the same, so the blocks were identical. i wish i had shifted them around. oh well, i will know better next time. the good thing about quilting, is that if you are not happy with it, you can always make another one.
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That's my favorite way to do them, too (tho I've done them all scrappy, all planned). I made a blue one that way years ago & I liked the "control" the 4 (I used solid) blues gave them. But that's just me. Make a couple of sample blocks & see what speaks to you. Or use "Google Images" & look at the samples that come up there.
Last edited by burchquilts; 07-15-2012 at 02:15 AM.
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