Showing posts with label Dresden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dresden. Show all posts

Thursday, October 23, 2025

My Day For Out Of The Dark Blog Hop

You maybe didn't know, but Joan and I are totally crazy about Halloween!


I've been slower at coming "Out of The Dark" than Joan.
She's been posting her past Halloween goodies all month.
Be sure to check out all of her pretties!


It's been a nice break from so many years of blog hops and sewing and designing
patterns for fabric companies, but I have missed all my blog hop friends.
It's really fun to step out of the dark to join you today!

I've been obsessed (or maybe possessed) with sewing Dresden's this year.
There is a 48" Dresden ruler that called my name when I saw it.
I love big designs and this ruler definitely creates a monstrously big Dresden!
It seemed like a good idea to use it for a Halloween quilt, so...

Spooky Dresden
65" x 65"


The fabrics are by Benartex and they glow in the dark.
I took this photo at dusk so I think the greens and oranges felt the need to "glow."



The purple minky on the back made this a cozy, not creepy, quilt to snuggle in.


I'm wickedly crazy about J. Wecker Frisch and her fabric designs.
I make at least one quilt a year with her fabrics.
This year I made three this year...yes, I am Wecker Wild!


J. Wecker Frisch is so creative with her fabrics...love them!




Charlie is pleased that I added minky to this quilt back.
He's looking forward to nap time on it.


"The Queens" needed binding and was waiting patiently for a finish.
Thank goodness for blog hops to shove those unfinished projects over the finish line.


This is my favorite queen!


I love all the crowns on the backing fabric.


Sewing from quilt kits isn't my usually thing, but when the price is right, I will grab them 
up and sew away. Some adjustments usually have to be made when it involves a panel.
For some reason panels are usually odd sizes and a bit wonky. 

I hate when parts of the panel have to be cut off to fit the quilt kit's pattern.
It took a lot of Frankenstein piecing to put this one together or I would have lost his feet.
This spooky quilt still needs quilting, but that will have to wait.


Such a dapper skeleton!


J. Wecker Frisch has an incredible imagination when she creates her characters.


It's been an amazing Halloween week of quilts thanks to Joan.
Be sure to visit all the blogs!


Just Because Quilts
Quilted Delights
Songbird Designs
Crazy.bout Quilts
                           Quilting Between the Rails (on Facebook)
SelinaQuilts
 
Thursday Oct 23


Do you want to join the Virtual Christmas Blog Hop?
Let me know!



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Saturday, May 17, 2025

Dreadful Dresden Or Beautiful Dresden

Hello, it's me!
I haven't been blogging for a while...just needed a break. Don't we all need a break sometimes?

After being a quilting slug, I started sorting my fabrics and realized I'd never be able to sew
 it all in my lifetime, but I could hopefully put a dent in it. Not much of a dent, but at least 
something is better than nothing, right? I started with gathering the UFO's into one spot.
Thank goodness there weren't that many! 

This quilt hasn't been a UFO for very long, but it needed to be finished.
It was a pattern I created to sew with two of my friends using Benartex's
 "Not Your Mama's Garden" by Sew Yeah Quilting.


The center Dresden measures 48" with the whole quilt being 76" x 76".
It is big!


Making a Dresden block used to scare me...they do look a bit frightening! 
I always called it a "Dreadful Dresden."
In reality, they are so easy. 

While having a sewing day, I finished several other quilts that needed binding.
Pictures of those will make there way here eventually.
Have a beautiful day!
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Sunday, September 8, 2019

My Favorite Quilt Block For The Blog Hop Is A Dresden

It's happening this week! The "My Favorite Quilt Block" blog hop will last all week and
thanks to Carla at Creatin' in the Sticks, it will be so fun. You rock my world, Carla!

My favorite block is a Dresden, though there was a time that I called it a "Dreaded Dresden"
because it looked so scary to make. Once I learned it wasn't hard to sew, I was in love. 
One of my favorite versions is the Sunburst Dresden by Missouri Star Quilt Company.
It adds a little flare to a regular Dresden making it a bit more fun. I've created my own 
version and sizes for several quilts, which is easy once you know how to make a Dresden.


I love those little sunbursts!



The fabrics were fat quarters I bought on sale at Quilted Works. 
The rest of the fabrics were gathered from my stash.


Here's the video on making Jenny's version


Here's a few of my Dresden quilts (just to show I really do love a Dresden!)







This was my first Dresden


This was my second one...kind of scary embroidery on it, but I still love it.



You just have to check out these amazing "My Favorite Quilt Block" bloggers!

Monday, September 9th


Tuesday, September 10th


Wednesday, September 11th


Thursday, September 12th


Friday, September 13th

Thanks for stopping by to see my favorite block!

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Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Dresden Quilt With Moda's Manderley Fabric

I loved sewing a couple quilts for Therm O Web's Quilt Market booth in Houston this year using
Moda's Manderley Fabric. I was so happy to have some fabric leftover to sew one more quilt.

It's a Dresden quilt in Manderley Fabric...sweet sewing!


This was the bundle of fabric I started with:


I made this little mini Sleepy Bunny Snuggle...


and this child's quilt, Three Bears Snuggle.


It's was a great deal to make use of such a beautiful bundle of fabric!

I've been baking for the Virtual Cookie Exchange.
Here's a little peek at what I'm baking...


I'm so excited about all the ladies who will be baking for this blog hop beginning December 5th.

Just Let Me Quilt
Tu-Na Quilts, Travels, and Eats
Kris Loves Fabric
 Creatin’ in the Sticks
Brenda’s Quilting Blog
Bumbleberry Stitches
 What’s Up With Kim
Granny Can Quilt
Rosemary’s Recipe – posted at Just Let Me Quilt
Deb’s Rustic Quilting
Treasured Nest

There's room for you if you want to bake, too...just let me know.
I'd love to see what you bake up for the holidays!


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Thursday, February 4, 2016

I'm Nuts About The Dreaded Dresden

Marian at Seams To Be Sew created a blog hop called Nuts About ? 
We had to replace the "?" with something we were nuts about and show it on our big day.
Since I'm nuts about a lot of things it was tough, but I narrowed it down to
THE DREADED DRESDEN!

The first time I made a Dresden was for a blog hop. I totally freaked out about making it.
Then I realized how easy they are to make and I fell in love with them!

Using Missouri Star Quilt Company's Sunburst Dresden idea, I made this quilt.

The Dresden Love Quilt


The fabrics are First Crush by Sweetwater for Moda.

It measures 39" x 39" and is perfect for a lap quilt, table top, or as a wall hanging.
Or, it could cover a big rock if you wanted it to!


The other thing I'm nuts about is creating a center block (which is the Dresden in this case) and
then adding different sized borders until it's a size I like. No pattern, just sew those borders on!


I used Spray N Bond Basting Adhesive to place the Dresden on the fabric so I could stitch it in place.
The spray also sandwiched my quilt to prepare it for some quilting. So easy and no pins!


I used my favorite iron-on adhesive, Heat N Bond Lite, to make those hearts stick to the 
center so I could sew them down with a blanket stitch.

Oh, and did I mention I'm nuts about giveaways? Well, I am!


There's two more sweet giveaways at AnyPattern.com...I love these flowers!
Click HERE to go to AnyPattern.com for their giveaway.

There's more of us "nuts" out there during this hop...check them out!
A big nutty THANKS to Marian for organizing this hop and getting some incredible sponsors!

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