I have wanted to try a Dresden plate for awhile so I just could not resist getting involved in this blog hop. Make sure you stop by and visit the other participants. There have been some amazing Dresdens shared in the first two days. You can find the full schedule here.
If you're a regular reading you know that we recently purchased a new house but we won't move in for another 12 months. This year I am trying to make one to two items a month for our new house. Our current sofa is SUPER uncomfortable so I am starting with cushions for the sofa ;) I'm dreaming of quilting comfortable goodness :)
So without further faffing (I could spend all day dreaming about our new house!) here is my very first dresden plate.
I used this free tutorial (including template) which was super easy. So easy that you can just print the templates, scroll down taking a quick peek at the photos and you're on your way :) The only slightly tricky bit (which I had to redo) is making sure that your center circle covers the ends of your points (is that what they're called?) I used some scrap wadding and echoed the dresden shape first in grey and then in teal with Aurifil 50wt (2605 and 2810).
So what's a girl to do with her first Dresden? Turn it into a cushion cover of course! (which I think some of you in the northern hemisphere call it a pillow, here we have pillows on our beds and cushions on the sofa.)
I LOVE the text fabric that I used for the centre. You may remember I used it for an iPad cover for a teacher gift last year, I'm slowly eating through that fat quarter... It has lots of lovely sayings such as "The purpose of life is to grow", "The spice of life is to befriend" and "The secret of life is to dare".
The points of the dresden are made up of some favourite prints and reflect the colour palate that I am using for all of the cushions. Don't they look cute together (the one on the right is an ikea cover that lives on my bed, I love the bright colours and it kind of goes)?
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| L-R: Curves cushion, Dresden cushion, Ikea cover |
Incidentally I've tried to make both cushions reversible using fabric covered buttons. I think the backs are almost as lovely :)
I used a favourite print for the back (washi) and decided to bind the cover. I like how it frames the dresden plate but it does add a little time making the binding. I opted to machine sew down the binding as I always stall when hand sewing is required.
The only bad thing about making this dresden was having to wait until now to reveal it LOL And now I'm off to check out all the other hoppers and so should you :) Here they are:
January 28th, 2013
Rosemary B @ “that Other Blog”
Ooooh, I love it! Those colours are so you :) And the Washi print on the back is a perfect match.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful dresden plate block! Makes a lovely cushion. Thanks for sharing ... :) Pat
ReplyDeleteHere in Australia, we call this a cushion, too. It took me a while to work out the correct time to schedule my post... LOL!!! Your cushion is STUNNING!!! I love the lines you've stitched around the Dresden... very effective. The back looks great, too.
ReplyDeleteLove that echo quilting!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous dresdens I especially love the word fabric in the middle.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Dresden cushion, and thank you for telling me the difference between a cushion and a pillow! Congratulations on your new home.
ReplyDeleteThe cushion is beautiful! I want to try a dresden plate, so might go dig out the fabrics today - thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteYour Dresden is just beautiful! Love the fabrics you chose.
ReplyDeleteLove the cushions - fabulous colours. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!
ReplyDeleteIt is gorgeous, and e back is great too :)
ReplyDeleteIt is perfect! So so cute!
ReplyDeleteMmm gorgeous, such pretty fabrics and I love the black text print in the centre - the fabric on the back is lovely too.
ReplyDeleteI love your pillow with the print fabric in the middle of the Dresden plate. And it has surely been an awesome pillow with all the wonderful petals.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing
Britt-Inger in Sweden
Fabulous dresden!
ReplyDeleteI like the backs of your cushions too!
Thanks for sharing!
So pretty!! I don't know how you will manage to wait until you get to your new house to use it! I think if I were you I would be tempted to put it on the couch now!
ReplyDeleteI am constantly blown away by your Quilting Gemma! I love everything about this project - beautiful :)
ReplyDeleteThat looks amazing! First effort? Well, who'd a-thunk it?
ReplyDeleteGorgeous work. Thank you for sharing such wonderful eye candy today.
ReplyDeleteAwesome job. I love the pillow and the colors are terrific. Great back idea too with the covered buttons. I think I will keep that in mind. I love making pillows.
ReplyDeletePretty Bobbins, pretty fabric, pretty Dresden's, pretty pillows :)
ReplyDeletePretty BLOG - You did a wonderful job - thank you so much for sharing your work !!!
I call them pillows or cushions interchangeably for the sofa, couch, divan, divanport, whatever you call that piece of furniture. I call them pillows for the bed. I find it to be somewhat regional and associated with age as to what things are called. Regardless, the block is stunning. I love the one, at least it appears, to be one, line of aqua quilting. It really pops. I love the block. I love the covers you have made. The buttons sure had a touch to them. Even though the binding is quite time consuming, I think you made a good choice in adding it. Congratulations on your new home. I'm sure you are anxious to get into it. Thank you for taking time to participate in the hop and you certainly inspired me.
ReplyDeleteYour couch cushion is so very pretty and modern looking!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! A delightful addition to your new home's furnishings! :)
ReplyDeleteYour dresden pillow will look wonderful on your new cushions in your new house! Thanks for sharing your great project!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous. Love the fabrics and binding as well as the lovely quilting. Are you onto your second and third Dresden yet? When I discovered them I couldn't stop at one and I'm definitely making another one soon now that yours has reignited the spark. :)
ReplyDeleteYour dresden pillow is super cute.Thanks for sharing your project!
ReplyDeleteIt is fantastic, great quilting!
ReplyDeleteLove the gray backgrounds!
DeleteYour pillows (I mean cushions!) are just gorgeous!!! I really love how you've made them reversible and added the buttons. Great job!
ReplyDeletebright, colorful and a dresden to be proud of
ReplyDeleteGreat color choices!! II really like how you quilted it and love the little buttons on back
ReplyDeleteLovely dresden and it made a wonderful pillow too.
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous Dresden...Love love love the text print too! The quilting is inspiring for my projects! Thank you for taking the Dare. Hugs and Happy Hopping...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful job! I especially love your echo quilting, and the palette, pairing the fun bright prints with the solid gray.
ReplyDeleteLovin the fresh fabric on your dresdens...fun backing also. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI like your work...so I'm a new follower. Come over and see me sometime at Kwilty Pleasures. : )
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun modern dresden!
ReplyDeleteHi!! Your dresdens are beautiful!!! Love the back too!! Very pretty!!! Thank You
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous - and the buttons on the back are so beautiful. It's such a nice backing - pillow is reversible! lol.
ReplyDeleteLove your quilting! and the pink binding is perfect!
ReplyDeleteGreat pillow! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteAwwwhhh...so cute. The buttons look wonderful too...such a nice touch!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty and your fabric choices are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteLove the pillows. They are all amaseing. Especillay the dresden. Lov ethe colors also. That was brillant how you echoed around the dresden in the grey and then the aqua...
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I love your pillow and the fabrics you chose. I really like the way that you quilted it. Very pretty. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteYour Dresden came out great. I love the colors with the gray background. It really stands out!. Thanks for sharing and I look forward to reading your future posts and seeing what you are making for your new home!
ReplyDeleteYour fabric is just lovely.
ReplyDeleteLove your dresdens and thank you for the link ;D
ReplyDeleteAnother wonderful inspiration - the covered buttons really to complete these wonderful cushion backs. Thank you from Judy C
ReplyDeleteI can't tell you how much I love your dresden pillow! The gray fabric reminds me of the fabric I used to see in my Grandma's crazy quilts. Soooo modern vintage! Love it! Thanks for sharing!solid
ReplyDeletethat should have been solid gray fabric. Words got moved around. :-)
ReplyDeleteLove your Dresden pillow. The echo stitching is great.
ReplyDeleteI like your dresden cushion. So pretty. And I like your blog so much you have a new follower.
ReplyDeleteYour pillow is adorable. And the quilting is perfect, you really do neat work.
ReplyDeleteI love your fabric choices! And that backing...WOW!!!
ReplyDeletelove your dresden pillow!! the fabrics are awesome! I too had to figure out the time-zone thing (and though mine was probably a bit easier, I still think I messed up now that I think about it... oh well). Mine will be revealed tomorrow and I agree- it has been hard to wait!
ReplyDeleteI love your gray background and your pink piping and your black center - honestly, love this pillow. Beautiful! blessings, marlene
ReplyDeleteBeautiful colors and design! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteRosemary B here: Your pillow is really pretty. I love the colors just wow, very nice choices together. I love a pillow great idea!
ReplyDeletethank you for sharing
Your cushions are so pretty. Great use of color.
ReplyDeleteOh I want one of my own now! And it looks great with the clamshell pillow :)
ReplyDeleteDivine Gemma!
ReplyDeleteYour cushions are fabulous!!! I really love your color choices and the way you handled the quilting around the Dresden - so modern and awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteBoth cushions are lovely. You have a matched set with the clam shells and the Dresden in classic designs. Well done!
ReplyDeleteI am obsessed with text prints lately and you nailed it using the black text in the center. Great job, from a fellow blog hopper today!
ReplyDelete~Stacey
This is just beautiful on so many levels!
ReplyDeleteI love the way it turned out -- the Dresden is lovely, and the pillow is fantastic -- I LOVE the back!
ReplyDeleteLove the gray and the coloful Dresden. It may a great cushion cover and I love the back of it.
ReplyDeleteLove both of your Cushion covers!!! Beautiful job!!! :)
ReplyDeleteLoved evrything about this- the fabrics are wonderful, the stitching perfection!
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The backs are just as nice as the fronts. These are going to look great in the new house. Bet you can't wait that long to use them!
ReplyDeleteI love your cushion covers.. especially the fabrics.. makes the dresden look so modern.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Dresden and stitching around it...love it!
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful the pillow will look lovely in your new home.
ReplyDeleteGreat dresden. Waiting a year to move in sounds a bit like torture! I love your buttons on the back.
ReplyDeleteYour pillow turned out fabulous! I love those fabric covered buttons on the back. :) Great job.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your new home! That cushion will look super cute on your "new" couch. The colors are so cheerful--I know I'd want to smile every time I walked into the living room and saw them :) Thanks for sharing!.
ReplyDeleteYour pillow is beautiful! I just love the grey background....
ReplyDeleteOff to visit the other's!
Beautiful! I love your colors. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeletePretty dresden. The dresden and curves cushions will be lovely additions to your new home.
ReplyDeleteLove, Love, Love your Dresden cushion cover!!! It's my favorite of the day :*) The colors are remarkable and simply shine on that soft gray. Great job!
ReplyDeleteLove that fabric in the center. Perfect touch.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! I LOVE everything about it... the fabric, the quilting, the finish... thanks so much for the inspiration °Ü°
ReplyDeleteyour cushion cover is fab, I love the bright modern prints and the echo quilting. Us Brits call them cushions too (pillows are to rest your head on in bed), it's just the Americans that say pillow
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. Love your quilting.
ReplyDeleteI luv everything about your pillow...everything...I'm luv'n the parade of Dresden projects on this blog hop. It is an award winning project in the parade. Thanks for sharing and the inspiration! Happy stitching, Pauline
ReplyDeleteYour dresden is beautiful and the stitching is fantastic! Thanks for participating and inspiring us!
ReplyDeleteI love the pillow cover you made using the Dresden plate. I love the echo you quilted - I have made my 1st Dresden plate and I think I will make it into a pillow cover too.
ReplyDeleteYou are an inspiration! Pillow covers and yours is so pretty!
ReplyDeletethis cushion is so beautiful, great colors and perfect quilting.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.
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Bente
Both cushions are lovely, your new home will look very beautiful.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Love the fabrics you chose. They make perfect cushions!
ReplyDeleteYour pillow cover is beautiful! Love your colors and quilting. Thanks for sharing!
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