Dresden Plate Quilt Piecing workshop with Johanna Masko (Tuesday March 25th 6-9pm)

Dresden Plate

The elegant, circular Dresden Plate and its companion, the Fan, are hybrids of Traditional patchwork, combining appliqué with piecing. You will learn my secret for speed-cutting and constructing these radial segments and explore a variety of machine appliqué options in this technique class. A discussion of block variations and quilt settings will help you plan your own dynamic Dresden Plate project.

You will need:

• 2 or more Fat Quarters for blades
• 1 FQ background fabric (for sample blocks)
• Scraps for centres
• Small piece of tulle (fine netting), approx. 6” sq, optional
• regular thread to blend with blade fabrics

• rotary cutter (45mm recommended)
• small, old cutting mat
• rotary cutting grid ruler (6 x 12” recommended)
• small, sharp craft knife (optional but helpful)
• small bottle white Elmer’s School Glue
• small crochet hook or other point-turning tool
• paper scissors
• glue stick (office supply type)
• small piece of Bristol board
• pen
• masking tape
• Flatter Spray or spray starch, optional