Well what a way to start my new blog than by showing off my first attempt at a Dresden Plate. I happened to be perusing the Missouri Star Quilt Company's YouTube page, as recommended to me, and discovered this delightfully simple design.
Now, with limited time on my hands before I headed to Brownies and determined to do something pleasurable on my day off - i.e. sew something, I printed a template and got stuck in.
I had a Bungle Jungle charm pack by Moda waiting to be made into something awesome and it was perfect to have ten fabrics to hand for the 20 piece plate.
Since I am ill equipped in terms of quilting tools, I made do with scissors. Eventually I will purchase a rotary cutter and mat. It does seem ridiculous though that I work in a fabric shop and still have not purchased this very useful piece of kit. I digress.
If I had thought ahead I would have photographed the process. But basically all you need to do is cut 20 wedge shaped pieces of fabric, accomplished with either a plastic template or hastily drawn cardboard one. Mine had roughly a 1 ½” end and a 2 ½” end with about 4" distance.
You sew the larger end together having folded it in half with right sides together, then turn it out and press. Then all that's left to do is repeat with all 20, stitch them together into a circle and press all the seams open. Once that's done you need to find a circular object, like a tea caddy lid, and make up a template for the centre.
I'm going to stop there since my explanation already sounds pretty crappy - apologies! and instead I will post the link to the very helpful video. The nice American lady does a grand job of explaining, although she says 'this looks cool' too much in my humble British opinion.
Dresden Plate Made Easy!
Check out the rest of their channel for lots more brilliant quilting ideas.
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