Dresden Plate

When I got back from my honeymoon, I immediately noticed the new "Come Quilt With Me"  templates we had in the store. Unlike other quilt patterns, they give you a nice hard acrylic template with 1/4 inch seams slots for marking. Sort of "goof proof", which I need. After staring at and drooling on the templates for a few days, I decided to start working on a quilt with one. I chose the "Dresden Plate" for a few reasons:

1) Dresden Plate requires a lot of applique. I don't have much experience with it, so I could use the practice.

2) The Dresden Plate or Wagon wheel pattern may have had some part in the African American quilt code. I have read many conflicting stories, but the one I like the best was that a slave would hang a quilt with the Dresden blocks out their window when they were ready to escape. This may or may not be true, but I like the idea that the block symbolizes that  change is near. What can I say, I'm from Berkeley!

3) It looks really really cool!!  I think the block can look like it's spinning if the colors are placed correctly. Something you should know about me is that I love an optical illusion. It's kind of a joke around the shop actually.         --Phyllis

Comments

[isabelle]

Phyllis, this project sounds so interesting already -- you are hilarious. I can't wait to see the colors you choose.