Dresden Plate: New Quilts from an Old Favorite [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Shelley Hawkins (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 15, 2006

Popular in the 1930s and 1940s, the Dresden Plate is brought up-to-date in the New Quilts from an Old Favorite challenge. For 12 years, the Museum of the American Quilter's Society has held its annual international contest to help quilters transform traditional quilts with imaginative designs and techniques. This year, 18 contest finalists and winners have mastered the Dresden Plate block. Enjoy these accomplished designers' tips, techniques, patterns, and stories as you gain insight into their creative process. This circular block pattern is infinite with alternate interpretations. Made up of several curved or peaked blades and a circle, the components of this block are pieced, then appliquéd to the block. The pie-shaped wedges are the perfect place to use up scraps or to explore fussy cutting possibilities. If you are an aspiring quilt designer, apprehensive about taking the dive into creating your own patterns, then this book is your springboard into creativity and confidence.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Dresden Plate: New Quilts from an Old Favorite presents the five award winners and 13 finalists in the American Quilter's Society 2006 contest, which challenged quiltmakers to interpret a single traditional quilt block in a work of their own design. Directions are included for the five winners. -Old Stuff, October/November, 2006

About the Author

Shelley Hawkins is American Quilter's Society's Associate Editor.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: American Quilter's Society; Ill edition (February 15, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1574329014
• ISBN-13: 978-1574329018
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,668,637 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Pairing full color photos with artists' insights on special effects and creation, June 25, 2006

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This review is from: Dresden Plate: New Quilts from an Old Favorite (Paperback)

The traditional Dresden Plate design assumes a whole new set of options when tackled with a 'New Quits from An Old Favorite' approach: here are new techniques which tell how to create a Dresden Plate of your own, offering a set of inspiring block designs which assume unique, often three-dimensional special effects. Quilt artists' unique productions serve as inspirational examples, pairing full color photos with artists' insights on special effects and creation.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch