Our guild challenge this year is "Flower Power".....any quilted item with a flower theme.
I had been working on Dresden plate blocks for awhile, when I decided they looked like flowers if you added an extra row of "petals", so I call this "Dresden Dahlias". I have decided it needs a border, so I am currently looking for something that would look right for a border.
I wanted to pose it with some flowers, so I went ahead and took some photos even though it isn't finished yet. Will post again when I finish it :-) You can't see in this photo but I have done a lot of embroidery on the petals. I seem to turn everything into a crazy quilt any more.
You can see a bit of the stitching in this close shot of the orange flower. I'm still working on the corner green fans.
I really like making these and have a lot of left-over pieces that will probably end up as Christmas presents.....runners, pillows, small table toppers?
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3 comments:
This is just so beautiful! What a great idea to add the extra petals.
Oh, it's just beautiful! I love the Dresden plates made as flowers, and your colors are so cheery! I too love to embroider on my quilts. I will have something to show soon, a baby gift for the first grandchild of a dear friend. Can't wait to see this finished, too.
I know I already commented but these are just so gorgeous! Love the colors! What fun.
I stay about three weeks behind with almost everyone. I hope you'll forgive me. Then we had company over the 4th for three days and between getting the house ready for their arrival, and then the visit itself, I got even more behind!:-) Yes, we actually had company in the middle of the summer! :-)
Go by my piece-fulness and check out the last two posts I did. All my best to you two!
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