Thursday 26 November 2009

How to cut Dresden plate wedges from 5" charm squares

Thank you for your interest in my tutorial for cutting wedges from 5 inch charm squares. The tutorial has moved and is available in its entirety at this link. Best wishes, Bloom.






29 comments:

  1. That is brilliant. I have more than a few charm square packs and it will be nice to do something else with them besides squares and triangles.

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  2. Thank you so much for the the charm pack Dresden tip!!

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  3. Thanks a lot! This is very useful tip. I like charm packs.... Now I know, what should I do with them!

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  4. I'm loving this!! And from 2 charm packs-fantastic!! The runner is gorgeous-can't wait to make one. Thanks so much for sharing!
    Paulette

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  5. Brilliant Bloom, and what a GAWJUS runner it is. Thanks for the clever cutting tut' :o)!!
    Hugs,
    Joy :o)

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  6. Oh, this runner is beautiful! I made a Dresden Plate quilt once. A hard one to do. I sewed around paper pieces.
    Brenda

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  7. It's hard to believe that runner only used two charm packs. Now that's good a use for them. Thanks for sharing the cutting method.

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  8. Beautiful runner and Brilliant tip! Thanks for sharing!!

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  9. Great tutorial! It is beautiful

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  10. That is absolutely amazing that you were able to make the plates and the quarter square triangle blocks out of two charm packs. WoW!!

    Did you use one charm pack for the plates and one charm pack for the quarter square triangle blocks?

    Amazing!! Thanks for sharing this with me and everyone else. I love it!!! The table runner your Mum made is very beautiful, too!!!

    Can I link everyone from my blog to your blog. I'd like to share your tip. Thanks!

    I'm working on a bigger quilt with these two blocks for a class I'm going to teach at a local retreat.

    Hugs, Kim

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  11. This is genius! I especially love that there is very little waste.

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  12. I just came from Kim's. Thank you for the great tip, I am always looking for ways to use my charm packs!!

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  13. Oh how wonderful...and charming.:)

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  14. That's a clever trick and the table runner looks fabulous! I love how bloggers share all these terrific ideas. Ann :)

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  15. Very very slick! Quite the trick. I'm glad Kim sent me over.

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  16. That is a stunning table runner. tytyty for easy to read instructions.

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  17. Hi There! I was given 2 charm packs as a christmas gift and would like to make this table runner. The only thing is that I can't get the fan templates anywhere where I live, so would like to make my own template. Can you tell me what the width of your fan templates are at the top and the bottom. Could probably work it out but thought I'd ask you first!

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  18. s.m.a.r.t. i love dresden plates...i should probably make more of them.

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  19. I have some large leftover DP block might be a good way to use them.

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  20. Oh my goodness, that is so beautiful ! Love it !
    Terry Devine aka sunnywolfgar

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  21. That's pure genius. I was watching YouTube video last week that only got two out of a charm. I'll need make note of this. I couldn't find that Dresden template at any local stores and had to order it online. Glad I know about this before that order arrives.

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  22. Thank you for this great idea; I don't use often charm squares, I wish to have a pack right now and start cutting;I shared it with my readers and linked back to your blog.

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  23. This is really neat. It works

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  24. Thank you for this fabulous idea!

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  25. Thank you for the wonderful help. And I love your table runner.

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  26. Instead of cutting that last piece across the bottom, I just cut where the top of the other two pieces were cut and that left the 2.5x5 inch strip scrap on the top to use in another scrappy project.

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