SATURDAY

Not much going on here.  I have a little more than two weeks to go with this sling, but my arm feels much better than it did, and I am able to lift it a little more.  I've been working on some small projects that don't require extensive rotary cutter use.  

I have seen a lot of different Dresden Plate ideas on Pinterest.  I have never tried this traditional block, so I bought a Dresden Ruler and got to cutting.  I started with an open pack of charm squares.  It was a line of Moda called "Etchings"  I love this line. 

I made the one on the right a week ago, and the one on the left today.  I guess you could call it an planned scrappy block.  I chose 5 charms, one for the center and four for the blades.  I cut each of the charms in half and cut six 2.5" blades out of each charm.  Then I put four identical sets of four blades together. And then sewed those sets into a ring. I hand appliqued them        (using silk thread) onto a 7.5" square of Moda Marble.  I need to find more of this, since I only have a small amount of it. Maybe I will just look for similar shades so the whole thing will be "scrappy". 

The only reason I got interested at all is because I saw different setting ideas other than the way they have always been done. 

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So, this is just a start. Since the blocks are small, it will be awhile before I will get enough done for a quilt top, but it is fun trying!! I hope that all of you are surviving the winter.. except Australia, where it is a very hot summer. Either extreme is bad enough. We have had a decent winter so far. It snows and melts.. Last winter was cold and there was snow covering everything all winter. I'm not complaining about this one! Happy Quilting! Teri