I've been home from QuiltCon in Nashville for about a week. I've been catching up on email, sewing and family stuff. Here are photos of quilts that were especially thought-provoking. Separated by Valerie Luberecki, Raleigh, North Carolina, Triangle Modern Quilt Guild, @valbetweenquilts There were many activist quilts in the show, including the one above. I'm [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador I'm fortunate to be at the annual meeting of the Modern Quilt Guild this weekend in Nashville. QuiltCon is a four-day event with a juried quilt exhibit, vendors, classes, lectures and socials. It feels like drinking from a firehose. So with that in mind, just a quickie post [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador We're ready to applique our Dresden Plate to a background block. I always cut my blocks a little larger than necessary and then trim them up after the applique is complete. If you're working without a pattern, measure across the Dresden Plate and add 3" as a guideline [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador We're well on our way to making a Dresden Plate. Today we'll join the blades we made in Part 3. If you missed them, see Part 1 and Part 2. Use a stitch length of 2mm or about 13 stitches per inch. This is a normal stitch length [...]
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador So far we've covered some Dresden Plate math and we've seen how to cut blades from strips. The fun starts here—making the blades into plates! Let me say up front that if this seems detailed or fussy, it's because these little things make it work. I've learned these [...]
An acrylic template may be used for cutting the blades to make a Dresden Plate quilt block.
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador I have an ongoing love affair with the Dresden Plate. It began about 10 years ago when I made this quilt from vintage blocks. All Drezzed Up by Diane Harris I’d purchased 20 blocks for 20 dollars (my kind of bargain!) and I made 32 smaller [...]
I've been working on a new Christmas quilt called Christmas Figs. I started with a fat quarter bundle of Moda by the same name, and then I added in more reds and greens from my stash. I cut the first few blocks before I went to a retreat in September. They looked a lot like [...]
A few days ago, Carolyn in Florida left a comment about how much she disliked doing the cutting for a quilt project. I knew just what she meant. The cutting is never as much fun as the sewing. Over the years I have come up with some strategies that help me survive the cutting process. [...]
The first of December seems like a good time to share a few Christmas quilts with you. These are quilts I've designed and made over the years, and they're part of the Jingle Bells Trunk Show that I do for quilt groups. I hope you'll enjoy the eye candy. Very Merry This is [...]
