How to Piece a Basic Dresden Plate

It’s time to piece our last block for the Machine Quilting Block Party! Today we are going to return to the basics with a Basic Dresden Plate with just eight petals and simple curved edges. Learn how to piece and applique this basic Dresden plate in this new quilting tutorial:
Click Here to find the quilt pattern for Blocks #11 and #12 combined. We released these patterns together so if you play your cards right you’ll be able to finish your Flower Festival quilt before the end of the year!

Dresden plate quilt block
I’ve saved one of the easiest Dresden Plate blocks for last! The Basic Dresden Plate has only eight petals so it will be very fast to cut the shapes and begin piecing the units together. I used Template #2 from the Dresden Plate Template Set to cut the shapes quickly.

I turned the edge of my curved petals, but remember you can also fuse that edge too. Click Here to learn more ways to create curved edge Dresden Plates!

Quilting a dresden plate block

 With our last block pieced, the last step will be quilting it! Make sure to come back tomorrow and learn how to quilt this Basic Dresden plate block with spirals, feathers, and simple ruler foot quilting.
Let’s go quilt, 

Leah Day

LeahDay

Leah Day has been teaching online since 2009. She's the creator of the Free Motion Quilting Project, a blog filled with thousands of quilting tutorial videos. Leah has written several books including 365 Free Motion Quilting Designs, Explore Walking Foot Quilting with Leah Day, and Mally the Maker and the Queen in the Quilt.

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