Sunday, August 7, 2016

Dresden Quilt

I was looking to make a baby quilt for our friends who just had a little girl. Inspired by this fabric I picked up from Dry Goods Design a while back I decided to make Dresden blocks in matching colors. 


Kona color chart comes in real handy on such occasions. I was able to find the colors that closely matched the colors in the fabric.
  • Cactus
  • Citrus
  • Azalea
  • Breakers
  • Jade
  • Petal

I skipped the burnt orange and found a print by Lotta Jansdotter that matched the color for binding.



I used Wrights EZ Quilting Dresden Ruler and the petals are 3.5" in size. The center circle is 3.5" in diameter. I recently purchased a Grace Company 360 TrueCut Circle Cutter which made cutting the circles a breeze.

I machine appliquéd the Dresden plates on to 12" x 12" blocks of Kona white and pieced the top together.


For the quilting I went with stitch #4 on my Bernina and the walking foot. I increased the stitch length to 2.5 to get a more gentle curve. I like the texture it created. I think it tones down the otherwise stark lines of the blocks.

The quilt finishes at  36" x 48" and has a real fresh look to it. It reminds me of a kid's drawing.





This is a great quilt for a beginner and if you have any questions please free to contact me.




I recently got some labels printed from MadMadGraphics. I love how they turned out. One label attached and quilt packaged.