Welcome to my day on the Island Batik Ambassador Dresden Plate Blog Hop. This is my quilt, Dresden Interrupted.
Disclaimer: The products used to make this project were given to me by Island Batik and Industry Partners.
For the month of November, the Island Batik Ambassadors were asked to make a lap sized or larger quilt with a Dresden Plate theme. I had never made a Dresden Plate quilt before. It was a lot of fun.
We got to use the Surprise bundle of fabric that we received in our July Ambassador boxes. Here is the collection I was sent:
Paradise Palms, designed by Kathy Engle. It has beautiful oranges, greens, and beige colors with a hint of yellow, and some of the fabrics have a cute turtle design! This fabric is in local quilt shops now.
A few of the shops carrying this fabric collection include:
Creekside Quilts ~ OR
Jelly Roll Fabric.net ~ IN
Quilt Country ~ TX
I didn't have an initial plan for my quilt, but I had a general idea of what I wanted to do. First I cut a strip from each fabric in the collection (20 fabrics). I sewed the strips into sets of five each.
Then I used this mini wedge tool that I bought eons ago and never used before to cut as many wedges as I could from each pieced strip.
Next I made the Dresden blades. They were a lot of fun to sew. I think they look kind of like ties. My Oliso iron pressed everything nice and flat.
I love the variety.
Using the ten degree wedge tool, it would take 36 Dresden blades to make a complete circle. Using that math, I sewed my blades into groups of three, still not sure what I was going to do with them. At this point, I went to EQ8 and played with designs until I came up with something I liked.
I used Island Batik's solid dark gray for the background fabric.
Dresden Interrupted with seashell collection. It seemed fitting with the Paradise Palms fabric.
Here is a close up of the center "interrupted" circle. I used Hobbs Tuscany Collection Cotton batting (my favorite!), Aurifil Thread, and Schmetz needles.
Here's one of the corner Dresdens.
I took a lot of photos. The colors fit in nicely with Autumn and November.
Binding corner detail.
Folds.
Dresden Interrupted
Quilt Stats:
Quilt Size: 59" x 59"
Block Size: 12" x 12"
Fabric: Paradise Palms by Kathy Engle for Island Batik
Batting: Tuscany Collection Cotton by Hobbs
Thread: Various by Aurifil
Needles: Schmetz
Iron: Oliso
Designed in EQ8
Island Batik is giving away bundles of two new collections this week, Misty Mornings, and Midnight Garden. Visit their blog to enter at this link: Island Batik Blog
I hope you enjoyed seeing my quilt and the new Paradise Palms fabric collection. Visit all of the Island Batik Ambassadors during the hop to see all the new collections and the fabulous Dresden Plate quilts. I'm so inspired! I hope you are, too. Here's the complete list:
WEEK 1
November 4:
November 5:
November 6:
November 7:
November 8:
Blog Hop Round-Up Week 1 and Giveaway
WEEK 2
November 12:
November 13:
November 14:
November 15:
Blog Hop Round-Up Week 2 and Giveaway
WEEK 3
November 18:
November 19:
November 20:
November 21:
November 22:
Blog Hop Round-Up Week 3 and Final Giveaway
WEEK 4
November 25:
Jennifer Thomas
Curlicue Creations
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Mark your calendar for the Butterfly Haven Blog Hop, featuring my first signature fabric collection with Island Batik. December 2 - 7, 2024. See you there!
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Pretty Fall Quilt!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! It's very November-y.
DeleteBeautiful quilt Jennifer and what an interesting design. I have never seen anything like it before. Thank you for sharing today.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much. It was fun to design and make.
DeleteYour quilt looks wonderful in those lovely fall colours!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much. I'm going to enjoy using it in my home during Autumn.
DeleteThis is so pretty, Jennifer. I love the fall colors in this collection!
ReplyDeleteLove your modern interpretation of a classic block!
ReplyDeleteGreat job! It helped inspire my Dresden design. Thanks.
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