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Dresden Plates

Create beautiful Dresden projects with confidence. These tutorials cover everything from cutting and piecing to assembling and finishing Dresden plates in a variety of styles and sizes.

3 Products for Dresden plates
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3 Products for Dresden plates

More Dresden plate tips today! Here’s a little look at my favorite 3 products for Dresden plate making. Link in profile. #adresdenquilt

Don’t forget that the #adresdenqal starts November 1!

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Planning an A Dresden Quilt
A Dresden Quilt | A Dresden Quilt Along | Dresden Plates

Planning an A Dresden Quilt

I am so obsessed with planning my next Dresden Quilt for the #adresdenqal . I love this stage of quilt making…the planning. 👏🏼👏🏼

Anyway, there’s a new video up with a little deep dive into some of the different #adresdenquilt that I’ve made for planning and inspiration purposes. Link in profile.

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How to Make a Dresden Plate – With Double Pointed Blades
Dresden Plates

How to Make a Dresden Plate – With Double Pointed Blades

Today’s post is part of a series called How to Make a Dresden Plate.  There are no measurements included in…

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How to Make a Dresden Plate – Using Embroidery for Applique
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How to Make a Dresden Plate – Using Embroidery for Applique

Today’s post is part of a series called How to Make a Dresden Plate.  There are no measurements included in…

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Applique – Perfect Circles with Aluminum Foil
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Applique – Perfect Circles with Aluminum Foil

  I’m going to show you how to make perfect circle appliques using a method of turned edge applique that…

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How to Make + Sew Dresden Plates
Dresden Plates

How to Make + Sew Dresden Plates

There’s a video tutorial here that demos how to sew Dresden blades and how to topstitch the plates onto your background.

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How To Use A Dresden Ruler
Dresden Plates | Specialty Ruler Tutorials

How To Use A Dresden Ruler

A video tutorial demoing how to use the Dresden ruler and cut Dresden blades.

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How to make Dresden plate centers with Heat n Bond
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How to make Dresden plate centers with Heat n Bond

Watch a video on how to make your dresden plate centers with heat n bond adhesive for a quick raw edge applique.

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How to Hand Applique
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How to Hand Applique

  In this post, we are chatting about hand applique. I’m posting this during EPP week, but know that though…

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Trying new things. 🙃 Teaching over at Quilty Class Trying new things. 🙃 Teaching over at Quilty Class has been pushing me, tbh. 
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I did not like the Peace Lily design at all, but the feathered leaf 😍. I’m on the fence about the tiny hook flowers as a filler. I like the tornados, but much prefer my swirls and pebbles over them. 
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I’m getting a new class ready now for a 5-quilt FMQ series. Wish me luck!
Some pics of my latest FMQ project. Very very new- Some pics of my latest FMQ project. Very very new-to-me designs. Loving the texture, but missing the feathers. Last little bit of this class will be available in the next hour or so. 
Pattern: Lulu Louise
Fabric: Happy Home
Sorry about all the bumping of the camera 🙄 It’s a Sorry about all the bumping of the camera 🙄 It’s always a battle. 

This video comes from the Swayful class where we learned how to free motion these swirl flowers. Imma big fan of them. ☺️ Full lessons in the Swayful Quilty class at quiltyclass.com
Another design on this same quilt. This one’s a la Another design on this same quilt. This one’s a larger swirl flower with gloppy petals. Full look coming soon. 

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Omigosh this is my new favorite FMQ design. 👏👏 I’m Omigosh this is my new favorite FMQ design. 👏👏 I’m calling it a feathered leaf 🙃
This is maybe the third or fourth time I’ve quilte This is maybe the third or fourth time I’ve quilted scallops. Never stacked like this though. It was a whole different animal to stitching them in a border. 🦁 Anyway this is one of the lessons in chapter 6 of Lulu. Join us at Quiltyclass.com
Some S-curves. LOVE the look of these because it e Some S-curves. LOVE the look of these because it ends up with a geometric vine look.
Pretty pleased 🤭 Pattern is: Lulu Louise. Fabric i Pretty pleased 🤭 Pattern is: Lulu Louise. Fabric is: Pretty Please. Come learn how to quilt this quilt at quiltyclass.com
A few pics from chapter 5. We FMQed feathers in th A few pics from chapter 5. We FMQed feathers in the foreground and s-curves in the background.
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