Leslie333

I've been planning to make the Missouri Star Dresden Coin quilt (issue 2 of Block) for my mom using a fall print layer cake. 8 seconds in on this video you can see the quilt on the wall behind Jenny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avef...em-uploademail

I want something I can do fairly quickly to take to her when I go back for a visit in 2 months. I had planned to do 4 columns of the dresden triangles and use 2" sashing. I just did the math and that will end up being bigger than I want at around 5 feet wide and I wanted to keep it closer to 4 feet by 6 feet for a lap quilt. My mom isn't real big and I don't want something that is going to be bulky for her to handle. Not sure I like the look of dropping it to only 3 columns.

I started thinking and I'm wondering if the pattern would look OK with the dresden triangles as rows instead of columns. I could do 5 rows and that works out to about 6 feet long, then just use as many in a row as I need to get a quilt 4 feet wide. What do you think? Would that look OK? It certainly isn't the stacked coin look then and I'm on the fence about doing it this way. Thoughts? Yeah, I know...there are no quilt police and it's my quilt. I think my problem is I had one thing in my mind and I'm having trouble shifting gears.

I did find a couple images where it looks like they did it this way.
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/571675746422815315/
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/571675746422815349/

needles3thread

I really do like the quilts in the pics. They should be quick and easy to put together.

mike'sgirl

I really like both of them. I think you should just go for it!

Tartan

It looks good either way so go for it!

Gladygirl

You could make your dresden pieces an inch or two shorter and still have the stacked coin effect. Jennie's dresden ruler must be a 10 inch one to fit on the layer cakes perfectly--mine is only 8 inches. I would cut strips 7 or 8 inches wide and cut your wedges from that--would make the quilt smaller and could still have the five columns. This is the way I make all my dresden plate blocks to be the size I want them. Hope this gives you an idea to think about.

Leslie333

Thanks for the input, ladies. I didn't even think about making the wedges shorter. Thanks for the idea, Gladygirl! I think I've decided to go with an entirely different pattern now, but I'm going to keep all your input in mind because I do eventually want to do the dresden coin quilt. Thanks!