How to make GO! Dresden Plates

I’ve made Dresden Plates in the past but my cutting must be inaccurate because they just never seem to lay quite as nicely as I’d like.

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I recently had the chance to use the Dresden Plate Accuquilt Go! Die and I loved working with it!

Here is how I made a Dresden Plate using the pointed petals, this die has pointed and rounded petals, it's pretty cool, they are the same size so you can mix them together!

I began by selecting 8 different prints, then used my Dresden Plate Die to quickly cut four layers of Dresden pieces at a time.

I loved how they all came out so nicely cut.

Next I folded the large end of 20 of the Dresden pieces in half and sewed across the top, as shown in the image above.

Then I turned that point that I had sewn right sides out and pressed into the nice point, that is shown above.

Then I sewed all 20 of the Dresden pieces together. They fit together so nicely.
I did press my seams open so that it would lay a little flatter.

Next I appliqued them onto a 14" square of white background material.

I used a top stitch and stitched very close to the outside edge of the Dresden Plate.

Then from the circle that is included in the Dresden Plate die I cut out one circle and appliqued that, using a blanket stitch to the center of the Dresden. 

Super simple!

The whole block came together in about half an hour.


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