Are YOU working as hard on your Dresden Home as Emma has been to show it to you?
Thanks to those of you showing your 12 Days progress & also for those that commented on yesterday’s post for the 1/2 yd. bundle of blacks & creams.
Rita Herzberger is the winner of that bundle!
Rita, I hope you’re enjoying your trip!
Please email your snail mail info so I can send you the bundle – SuznQuilts@aol.com.
On this 5th Day of Christmas, we’re going to make my favorite, a Tiny Dresden!
This is another pic where Tamara’s quilting really shows up.
As I mentioned in the fabric list,
you could make this TD with 1 red fabric,
but that’s no fun!
3 is fun!
Tip for making FLAT Dresdens – make sure you’re sewing a scant 1/4″ seam THE ENTIRE length of the seam. When your seam allowance isn’t consistent, you’ll either have a “bowl” (because the center of your plate’s seams are too big) or a “mountain” (because the center of your plate’s seams are too small). If your plate isn’t flat, turn it over & examine the seams.
Another tip – spray & iron your fabrics with Mary Ellen’s Best Press. These are all bias edges & they’re being put through your machine over & over so it’s easy to distort them.
Have fun!
Click below to download the instructions to make a Tiny Dresden plate.
Show us your progress on my Sewing With Susan FB page here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SewingWithSusan
Comment here whether you like adding as many fabrics as you can to a quilt, like I do, or if you prefer a minimal pallet.
I’ll be drawing for a prize!
The prize today is more fabric!
16 fat 1/4s of Trinkets by Kathy Hall for Andover Fabrics.
That’s 4 yards of fabric!
Comment here before I post Day 6 homework tomorrow & you will be entered in a drawing to win this fabric for your next quilt.
Just Keep Sewing,
Susan
Quilting my way through life! 