I can't figure this out......
#12
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You might want to check out this old thread on a dresden plate that was birthed. The member goes into detail on how she did it.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...r-t118942.html
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...r-t118942.html
#13
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That's a really pretty dresden top, I remember that post. Only problem is, those wedges are rounded and the one I'm thinking of making has pointed ends. I could sew right sides together, but given the fact that the tips are already doubled, I think there would be a lot of bulk at the end of each wedge. Hmmmm. what to do, what to do!!!!!!
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Can't you just sew the Dresden plates to the background fabric? That is what I did when I made my first Dresden plates. I sewed them by hand to the background fabric.
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Without actually seeing it, I'm making a guess. From what I am understanding you are making a table topper from one single, huge, Dresdan plate circle with pointed tips. Can you layer batting and a piece of fabric on the back, quilt it (but stay away from the edges), and trim and turn the edges of the backing, hand-stitching in place to fit the circular part of the plate, leaving the points to hang free kind of like prairie points? Do I make any sense?
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