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A Dresden Quilt

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A Dresden Quilt #10 – Mostly Oranges + Pinks – Quilt Reveal
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A Dresden Quilt #10 – Mostly Oranges + Pinks – Quilt Reveal

A Dresden Quilt in mostly oranges and pinks, plus a bit of turquoise and yellow fabrics Well, I finished her and my goodness she takes forever, but well worth the effort I think. I just love Dresdens so much! A Dresden Quilt is a free pattern that you can find here. All my Dresden tutorials…

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Tips for Choosing Fabrics for the A Dresden Plate Quilt
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Tips for Choosing Fabrics for the A Dresden Plate Quilt

A Dresden Quilt A Dresden Quilt is one of my most popular patterns. I’ve made it 9 times! And am currently working on my 10th version. 🙂 A bit obsessive, but lol, I don’t care. I do love this quilt so much. See all of past versions of A Dresden Quilt here. Get the A…

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A Dresden Quilt #9 – Jewel Tones – Quilt Reveal
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A Dresden Quilt #9 – Jewel Tones – Quilt Reveal

  A Dresden Quilt in Jewel Tones Forgive me in advance for the really bad pictures today. This quilt was a whopping 96″ square and I couldn’t get a full picture of it no matter how hard I tried. If you missed my “progress” post on this one, you can find it here. Find all…

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A Dresden Quilt #9 – Jewel Tones – In Progress
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A Dresden Quilt #9 – Jewel Tones – In Progress

  A Dresden Quilt After a month of effort, I finally have a flimsy for my A Dresden Quilt. My 9th version of this quilt. Whew! This feels good! So much work and for a while there I thought I’d never get here. Dresdens are so tedious, so time consuming, but it’s hard to argue…

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A Dresden Quilt – Free PDF Quilt Pattern
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A Dresden Quilt – Free PDF Quilt Pattern

This has been a long time coming. I have had this free tutorial on my blog for quite awhile, but this is the first time I’ve ever put it down in a PDF and made it available for you to download. I know I talk about Dresdens all the time and I make a lot…

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Quilt Reveal – A Dresden Quilt #8 – Pink + Peach Combo
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Quilt Reveal – A Dresden Quilt #8 – Pink + Peach Combo

‘   Va va voom…. well, that’s how this quilt makes me feel. Like she’s a whole lotta woman and too much for me to be lugging around especially in the weather we’ve been having. I’m talking about my finished A Dresden quilt today. A king size! Every single part of her took forever as…

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Happy almost Thanksgiving! The mini quilt wall goa Happy almost Thanksgiving! The mini quilt wall goal has begun... https://meanderandmake.com/little-maple-mini-quilt-pattern-by-melanie-traylor-pdf-download/
So everybody I buy gifts for might be getting a se So everybody I buy gifts for might be getting a set of these from me for Christmas..😬
I turned it into a pillow! 🥰 I turned it into a pillow! 🥰
Something new is coming! Quilt As Desired is my up Something new is coming!Quilt As Desired is my upcoming free motion quilting class, and we’ll be stitching 25 FMQ designs together… then turning all of our practice blocks into the coziest rag quilt.This class will be included inside QuiltyClub.com , or you can grab it on its own.I cannot wait to quilt this one with you. https://quiltclass.southerncharmquilts.com/courses/quilt-as-desired
I’ve been free motion quilting since 2018 and it h I’ve been free motion quilting since 2018 and it has been the slowest part of the quilting journey for me. It did not come naturally. I practiced through a lot of very ugly stitching before anything started to look the way I imagined it could.I keep seeing comments like “I could never do this,” and I just want to say… I used to think that too. I was you. It really does change if you keep going, even when it feels like it’s not working.Thank you for all the love on this piece this week. It feels like I finally hit a little milestone with my quilting, and that’s a pretty special feeling. ❤️
Spent about two hours yesterday on this. One of my Spent about two hours yesterday on this. One of my many goals is a whole cloth quilt with a lot of doodle quilting. Maybe next year will be my year.
1 minute of the FMQ process at 1.5x speed. I start 1 minute of the FMQ process at 1.5x speed. I started at the bottom making a curving line to the top and back down again. Added a variety of plumes on one side, back down, then the other side. See the whole video at regular speed in Quilty Club (Chapter 5, Cozy Fall Stitches). quiltyclub.com
All done. Here’s a tiny close up tour of the quilt All done. Here’s a tiny close up tour of the quilting, just because. #freemotionquilting
I got a little extra on the quilting. Maybe too mu I got a little extra on the quilting. Maybe too much, maybe perfect? Negative space makes me lose my mind a little every time. #freemotionquilting
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