{"id":5048,"date":"2023-05-12T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T15:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=5048"},"modified":"2023-05-12T08:00:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T15:00:17","slug":"dresden-plates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2023\/05\/12\/dresden-plates\/","title":{"rendered":"Dresden Plates"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"30\u00b0<\/a>Several years ago, I made a Dresden Plate quilt<\/a>, and I’ve always intended to make another one — they’re fun! I especially like Susan Cleveland’s method of making them without the center appliqu\u00e9d circle. \ud83d\ude09 Anyway, I’ve finally begun another one! It’s a little different, as Susan’s technique has evolved over time, but much is still very similar. I’m doing this one with 30\u00b0 wedges, rather than the 18\u00b0 wedges from my previous one; this was to accommodate some embroidered motifs I’m putting into some of the wedges.<\/p>\n

At this point, I have all of the wedges made and am making all of the ends into points before putting them onto a background. Such fun! The photo shows one set with its pointed ends laid out into the circular form they will take.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Several years ago, I made a Dresden Plate quilt, and I’ve always intended to make another one — they’re fun! I especially like Susan Cleveland’s method of making them without the center appliqu\u00e9d circle. \ud83d\ude09 Anyway, I’ve finally begun another one! It’s a little different, as Susan’s technique has evolved over time, but much is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[217],"class_list":{"0":"post-5048","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-piecing","7":"tag-piecing-2","8":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-1jq","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2075,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2015\/05\/12\/double-pointed-dresden-plate\/","url_meta":{"origin":5048,"position":0},"title":"Double-Pointed Dresden Plate","author":"Sandy","date":"May 12, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"In my previous post I showed you the beginnings of a new quilt, which is now finished. 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