Before we took off for Badon Hill I took this stack of fabric out of my stash and began to work with it. I actually scrambling last Thursday morning to get some solid crafty time in before we left. Jack was sleeping away the morning and I needed some peace and quiet relaxation time before another camping trip.
I cut out a bunch of 6.5 inch squares and about 180 3.5" Dresden plate fan blades.
A little chain piecing on my sewing machine later and I had three inches of thread left on the bobbin and a pile of blades in need of pressing.
I was pretty proud of finishing all of my Dresden blades before the bobbin thread ran out - that is what we call a win :)
I decided to machine stitch the plates down rather than hand stitch. I like the little extra depth it gives the blocks.
I only got this far by the time I needed to drag Jack out of bed.
Most of these aren't stitched down yet but I'm really liking how its turning out. Yay for color!
Oh, you also used dresdens this week! How fun! I will steal this idea because I am a little obsessed with dresdens right now and I don't like the traditional way of putting it in the middle of the block! This create a wonderful effect with a very simple change in the design! Brilliant!! And I can have a scrappy background too! It's a win win situation! Thanks for inspiring!!
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