Dresden plate quilts

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a colorful quilt hanging from the side of a tree

Hello Sew Cute-ers! I’ve had a wonderful week of getting to know my new sewing machine! Oh I am so in love! Having a needle down function, and a thread cutter, and a knee lift… *swoon* I’m yet to decide on a name, but I’m thinking it’s a she… A She-Beast, that’s for sure! She’s […]

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a bed with a quilt on top of it next to pillows and a window sill

A king size quilt. All Dresden Plates are machine pieced and hand appliqued. Hand quilted. Not quite finished yet - border and binding to go. 25 Dresden Plates, all with 20 different fabric petals. Background cream fabric and wool batting the only things purchased for this quilt (oh, and thread etc). All other fabric is stuff on hand, childhood dresses and offcuts from clothing made for us kids by my Mum. A few FQs I collected over the years just cos are in here too. I don't know how I will…

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a quilt hanging on the side of a building with white and yellow flowers in it

Finally a friday finish to share: my pushing up daisies is 67" by 85" partly quilted by hand (the background) and partly by machine (the daisies) started a year ago, inspired by Kathy Doughty's quilt garden party from her book making quilts. My aim was to use the growing pile of scraps and bigger left over pieces of blue and green. I also finally got a chance to play with the dresden block. The process has taken some time, including a bit of considering how to proceed. The background came…

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two balls of yarn sitting next to each other on top of a piece of paper

I love making dresden plate blocks and hadn't make one for quite a long time. In the past, I've made a few quilts, table runners, cushions etc so seem to have had a bit of a vacation away from them. If you like making dresden plate blocks, you should check out the #TinyDresdenParty tag hosted by @berry_birdy over on Instagram. After seeing all of the cute little blocks appearing on Instagram, I decided to make one too. I used some green scraps to make this one. I have various wedge rulers…

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