I love the look of dresden plates and they are great way to incorporate lots of fabric scraps into a project. I made my first one a few months ago (you can see a photo on this post). Making my own template using a compass and protractor was fiddly so I recently invested in a dresden ruler which makes cutting the blades much simpler. It was fun experimenting with pink scraps from my 2 1/2 inch scrap tub (you can see my scrap organisation method here). I used a ruler that was 22.5 degrees. The finished dresden plate measured 6 3/8 inches across. I think I may like to go a bit smaller next time.
The pink and yellow look so cheery together! It puts a modern twist on a traditional quilt block.
I added some stitching detail and ricrac trim.
The scrappy dresden plate became a drawstring shoe bag which are great when travelling. I used our Travel Shoe Bag tutorial which is sized for women’s shoes. (We also have a men’s Shoe Bag tutorial.) These are great gifts for travellers and can be used for shoes, pyjamas, lingerie, or for anything else that needs organising in your suitcase.
I am planning a few more dresden projects using my fabric scraps.
I love everything about this post! The colours and the styling in your photos are just gorgeous. And the Dresden itself is so pretty. I love your hand stitching. I only wish I was as neat as you! Keep the eye candy coming please…
Those colors are wonderful together. I need to try this
Thanks Kym 🙂
Dresden plate is one quilt pattern I have yet to try. This one looks so pretty with the fabrics you chose!
Thanks Jill 🙂
Cute idea! I love making dresdens, too, and have a few tucked in my basket for a rainy day.
would you believe I’ve only just purchased a Dresden ruler?!?! Crazy! This little bag looks so cute and, like such a fun way to use scraps and the ruler. Thank you XO
They are addictive Peta! So fun to combine your favourite scraps. I think i will be adding dresdens to lots of projects now.
That is really pretty. It would be some special pair of shoes to grace that bag! Thanks for the inspiration!
I love sending snail mail to my mum she loves it says its a lovely change to the usual bills
I am still using an old card pattern from the 80’s with the curved tops. I do have a modern plastic template but have yet to use it. I enjoy your tutorials and plan to make the business card wallet.
P.S. I do not blog or have a web site (whatever that is). I do send photos of things that I make using different tutorials, but understand if my messages are never opened for security reasons.
Hi Pat – I love the curved top Dresdens – so sweet. Glad you enjoy our projects! I think your emails but have been filtered into our spam folder as we haven’t seen any of them – sorry about that! I will mark your email address as safe and hopefully that will stop that happening in future 🙂 Have a great weekend, Lisa