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Pieceful Sunday: Dresden Plate

10/15/2017

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​Welcome to Pieceful Sunday! Pieceful Sunday is a weekly linky party that highlights pieced quilts and quilted items. Let's kick back and enjoy sharing our piecing projects this week. You can share in-progress or completed projects. Then after you share, you can enjoy the work of others as well. Stop by each Sunday to share the joys of piecing!
This week I have been working on a 12" block that I want to display on a 12" block stand. I have been wanting to try this for a while. The block I chose is a variation of Quilt in a Day's new pattern Dresden Plate Quilt. It occurs to me that this might make a good half-day workshop for those who want to learn the Dresden Plate Quilt Pattern and to complete a project during the workshop. I have finished piecing the block, but I still need to quilt and bind it. ​Please see photos below. 
Picture of Dresden Plate Block
12" Dresden Plate Block
Picture of Stand for 12
Stand for 12" Block

I needed to modify the pattern because the original Dresden Plate was too large for the 12" background block. The pattern comes with an acrylic template. I decided to use the template, but to cut each wedge a little shorter so that the Dresden Plate would be smaller. I wanted the center of the block to be the same size as the original, so I reduced the size of the individual wedges by cutting the wide side of the wedge shorter. this was easy to do using the acrylic template and a rotating mat. I stacked rectangles that were cut to the desired length, cut one side of the wedge, rotated the mat, and then cut the other side of the wedges. See photos below.
Picture of Wedges Ready to Cut
Wedges Ready to Cut
Picture of First Cut
Cut One Side of Wedge.
Picture of Second Cut
Rotate Mat and Cut the Other Side.

After the wedges were cut, I sewed them together in pairs. See photo below.
Picture of Two Wedges
Two Wedges
Picture of Two Wedges Sewn Together
Two Wedges Sewn Together

Then, I sewed wedge pairs together to make four wedge units and sewed five, four wedges together to complete the circle. I ironed the seams open before appliqueing the plate onto the 12 1/2" background square. I added the center circle and finally appliqued the bow. I cut the bow using my Accuquilt cutter and Bow die. It was raw edge applique. However the Dresden Plate and center circle had finished edges. Please see the pattern for details. It is available at Quilt in a Day.

I have been very busy this week. Here are some other piecing projects that I worked on and wrote about this week. To go to the blog post, click on the pictures below. There are two blocks from theI Wish You a Merry Quilt-A-Long and the Cup of Christmas Cheer quilt which I completed this week. 
Block 7: Poinsettia
Block 7: Poinsettia
Picture of Quilt
Cup of Christmas Cheer
Block 8: With Love at Christmas
Block 8: With Love at Christmas

Now it is your turn! You can link up your in-progress or completed piecing projects using the blue button with the frog below. Please note that the thumbnail photos and links will not show up on this page. You will need to click the blue frog button below to see the photos and links. This may be a little different from what you are used to.  If you prefer, you can also link up on Instagram using #PiecefulSundayatJANDABendQuilts. 
​To see the link-ups or to add your link-up, click on the blue frog button.
Please include a link to this page in the blog post that you are linking up. If you wish, you can include the Pieceful Sunday button as well. After linking up, I hope that you will stop by the posts of others to see their work. Encouraging comments are welcome. Quilters tend to be nurturing and supportive.  I am hoping that this Linky Party will help us establish an encouraging quilting group. 
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Thanks for stopping by. If you have questions or comments, please go to comments or contact me by email. 

Happy Quilting!

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10/15/2017 10:41:14 am

April, thank you for the linky party. The Dresden mini quilt is so cute. I haven't made a full Dresden block yet but it's on my list. I designed a coneflower block and used some Dresden blades for the petals. I have the free pattern for it on my blog.

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