I decided to do a post about diameter since I couldn't find one out there. I wondered how long I should cut my Dresden blocks and how big that would make my Dresden plate. I looked around and didn't find anything, so I decided to make a chart for easy reference.
If you are trying to figure out how big you want your final Dresden plate and how long you need to cut each piece, this table is for you.
I've included the diameter for a Dresden plate with points, and one for and unfinished Dresden plate. I've added some photos to help explain this chart.
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Here is the block. It could be anywhere from 1 inch to 8 inches in height.
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Here is the pointed Dresden plate. The diameter that I've included on my chart is only with perfect 1/4 inch seam allowances. When I made this one it measured 10 inches instead of 10.25. Because there are so many seams, if you are off, even a little, it will change your diameter in the end. |
And here is the unfinished Dresden plate. Outer diameter and inner diameter end up being the same measurement on my table. You will have to adjust the diameter for finished edges.
Another thing you might want to know is that you'll need 20 blocks to make a full circle with the EZ Dresden ruler.
I hope that clears things up. If you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer them if you leave me a comment or send me an email.
If you'd like to win your very own EZ Dresden ruler - please leave a comment on this post OR my other Dresden post. Please tell me something fun you're planning to do this summer. I will pick a winner on Saturday, June 9th.
I hope you've had a chance to check out the other posts and don't forget to check out the upcoming ones as well. All details on the Salt Lake Modern Quilt Guild website. Thanks so much for stopping by and have fun sewing!
Thanks for this! It will be very useful!!
ReplyDeleteI'm going to quilt! I hope to finish my son's in the next few weeks and then start one for my daughter. I'm so excited!
ReplyDeleteWe are in the process of selling our home so I don't think I will be doing so much fun stuff...love what you did with the dresden ruler..so many fun ways to use it...thanks for the giveaway
ReplyDeleteOooh! This is handy dandy :-)
ReplyDeleteGreat quilt, I am afraid it would be too challenging for me. Love love the chart though. I have never used a dresden ruler so I have alot to learn. the chart will definitely be useful!! Thanks for a chance to win too.
ReplyDeleteI hope to finish some projects that have bee languishing in various drawers. Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI'm planning to make my very first dresden plate this summer :) And maybe catch a couple of Braves games.
ReplyDeleteI plan on visiting my grandmother in a couple of weeks. She loves to craft, so hopefully we'll be doing all sorts of crafty things.
ReplyDeleteThis chart is excellent, Leigh, thanks!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the oh sew handy chart! I plan on finishing an antique Grandmother's Flower Garden that I just bought.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the oh sew handy chart! I plan on finishing an antique Grandmother's Flower Garden that I just bought.
ReplyDeleteLove it! I plan on being a stay at home mom to my twin girls (I teach)!
ReplyDeleteOh this is a great post which helps understand the ruler more and what it can do. Thank you very much for this info.
ReplyDeleteWe're running away for one weekend to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary
my sewing area is in my basement so i lok forward to sewing when the heat hits since it is cool in my sewing room. i alsp plan to spend time with my children and friends.
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Going to Disneyland with granddaughter!
ReplyDeleteThnx for sharing -- I just made something a challenge quilt with a variation of this block but now you've given me a opulent new ideas I want to try. As for fun this summer-ha, ha. Unless you consider getting your house ready to sell fun, which I don't. Way to many om improvement projects to finish, then the sorting of 22 years of accumulated "stuff". And don't even get me started on my sewing room. I just walk in there and cry......
ReplyDeleteThis is great! Also a good idea to use in a geometry lesson for teachers :-). No big plans this summer, just hoping to go visit our adult children in Austin and Portland.
ReplyDeleteLeigh,
ReplyDeleteYour posts were awesome and SO helpful too. I'm totally pinning them as a resource.
It was great to see you today!! :)
I had decided my next project will have circles, this would be perfect. I really love it and the information you shared is a great resource!
ReplyDeleteOH I really hope that I win. I am going to Lake Powell at the end of the month and think it would be so fun to make a Dresden quilt while I was there. I looked for this ruler at the Joanns but didn't see it. I guess I will have to go to a "real" quilt store to find one.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chart...gathering FQ to begin one similar to the one that was on my bed as a child. This summer is Girl Scout camp, family reunion & summer school, thought teenage years would be slower...HA!
ReplyDeletethanks for the chart, now I hope I win a ruler sew I can make some :) going to travel up north to visit My Momma, I have not been "home" in 10 years !! can't wait.
ReplyDeletelove the snake trail quilt -- this is the perfect ruler to use as motivation for making one of my own! going up to prescott, az, to spend some time in the cool pines and out of the heat, desert and phoenix, az. yay! big 4th of july celebration coming up soon there! do you know how to RODEO??
ReplyDeleteLeigh, I hope you're still answering questions about the Dresden blocks. Here's one: If you don't use a seam allowance, but just sew each fabric cut edge to edge using a zigzag stitch, how many blocks will you need to complete a circle? It doesn't seem like it would be 20 blocks still. Do you know the answer to this?
ReplyDeleteHi Nancy - I tried emailing you but there was no email attached to your comment.
DeleteI'm sorry to say that I don't know the answer to your question. I only figured it out for sewing regular 1/4 inch seams. Sorry :)
The arrangement and number of pieces should work out the same way if you just cut off the side seam allowances, butt the pieces up against each other and zig zag stitch them together. Just a suggestion, Sue
DeleteThanks so much for this chart! It was just what I was looking for.
ReplyDeletethis chart is just perfect - thanks so much !
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