Design Wall Monday–April 28, 2014

I’ve really been bitten by the Dresden bug.  Can you tell?

As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I went to a guild workshop and made 1 – 4 part Dresden Plate.  I loved how it looked but it was very time consuming and not as straight forward as I’d like.  Even though I was a little frustrated, I continued making an additional 8 or so blocks.  I was not at all happy with how they were coming out and not happy about the amount of time I was spending on each one.  Soooooooo (for those of you that know me this will not come as a surprise) a changed how I’m making them and I am now doing my own thing.  Don’t get me wrong the teacher we had was a wonderful and delightful teacher but her way just wasn’t working for me. 

I left the original 4 blocks (upper left) and got out my seam ripper and started over with the others.  The prep still takes a fair amount of time but making the blocks takes no time at all and I love them and I’m much more successful putting them together.

BTW, the red and yellow blocks on the right are not necessarily arranged the way they will end up.  As I make more blocks I also have been playing with the layout.  At this point I’m not even sure how big I’m going to make the quilt but at least I’m having fun.

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Enjoy,