My little red dresden quilt!

Hi everyone!

I hope you are all having a nice weekend.

I worked on my little red dresden quilt last night.

I finished the hst border that I had started.

Then I decided I wanted to put the block on point.

I didn't have enough of one fabric to make the triangles.

I'm a scrappy quilter. I usually only purchase fat quarters.

I don't buy a lot of yardage, unless it's on sale or I need a backing.

So, I'm thinking....ughhhh.....I'm going to have to buy more fabric.

Then, I had a lightbulb moment.

I'll make myself a bigger piece of fabric.

This is a stash busting project after all.

So, I cut some squares of light fabric from my leftovers from the Jack-in-the-pulpit quilt.

I made 2, 4 patch blocks and cut them on the diagonal to make four triangles.

Then, I stiched them to my block.

Then, I decided I wanted to use my GO! Circle die.

 So, I backed scraps of red fabric with fusible web,

and cut the circles out using my circle die. Easy peasy!!!!

I decided how I wanted them to be placed on my corner pieces,

ironed them on, and

VOILA!!!

This is where I'm at.

I'm thinking, I'm going to put a thin solid cream border around this.

Then, I'm going to use my scraps to make a sort of, piano key border.

I only have so many scraps left. I may have to be a bit creative with the outer border.

We will see what I come up with.

I was asked, about the GO! Dresden die and how many petals I used.

I have 20 petals on my dresden. This is my first time ever making a dresden block.

So, you may ask, how did I get it to work out.

Some people have been having a hard time using only 20 petals, and have used 21 up to 23 petals.

I think it's due to seam allowance. I used my 1/4 inch foot to make sure that my seams were all even.

So, What do you think of my stash busting little red dresden quilt top.

I think this may end up as a Christmas present.

I hope you like it.

Hugs

Ariane