This week, despite a cold, I managed to finish up another of my outstanding WIP… this one had been sitting in a plastic bag for a couple of years. It started in December 2013 as a Bee block for the amazing Nicole at Modern Handcraft.
I ended up making a couple of these Dresdens, I loved the first one so much, but they then sat unused for years, until now…
This was a pretty quick project to finish up…. First I took my four finished Dresdens and a couple of yards of red pin dots by Lake House….
Because I could free float the Dresdens anywhere on the quilt it was fun to play with an off kilter lay out.
When I was happy with the placement of each plate, I spray basted them to the backing fabric, and then sewed around each Dresden.
I then went in and cut out as much of the backing fabric as I could out of the center of the each Dresden, just to cut some of the bulk out of the top…
All that was left was to quilt it – I went with a off center grid pattern and my trusty cream Aurifil thread ….
And bind it – I used scrappy solids and machine binding to finish her up…
The finished quilt ended up measuring 44″ x 65″ which is an unusual size for me, but I think it will be the perfect size for someone’s bed….
