Make an Easy Dresden Quilt Set

Make an Easy Dresden Quilt Set
Gifted by Simplicity
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Reviewed by Molly Fletcher, Editor, FaveQuilts.com

At turns reminiscent of flowers and fans, the traditional wedge-like design of a Dresden plate is timeless. This classic quilt block is an easy way to empty your scrap stash and showcase your diverse fabric collection. Novices and advanced sewists can master this iconic pattern with the Make an Easy Dresden Quilt Set from Simplicity. This set includes a quilting template, bamboo pointer creaser, and full pattern.

The Make a Quilt Series is intended to introduce curious sewists to traditional quilt blocks like Log Cabin, Flying Geese, Cathedral Windows, and, of course, Dresden Plate. Although the Dresden plate is typically considered an intermediate pattern, this set makes this pattern accessible to beginners. Titled "Sunday Best," this design measures 54 by 71 inches. Darlene Zimmerman is the creative mind behind this project.

Zimmerman has penned eight quilting books including Quick Quilted Miniatures, Granny Quilts, and Fat Quarter Small Quilts. A frequent contributor to quilting magazines as well as the TV program Sew Creative, Zimmerman lectures and teaches across the country. Zimmerman's style is best described as vintage, most likely due to her passion for textile history. She has developed a line of 1930s reproduction fabrics that would look great as part of the Sunday Best quilt.

Although the Make an Easy Dresden Quilt Set comes with a clear acrylic ruler, combination pointer and creaser tool, and step-by-step pattern, you'll need a few more supplies to complete this project. Sunday Best calls for white, blue, and print fabric as well as backing, batting, a sheet of template plastic, and bias binding. The good news is that if you're even a casual quilter, you probably have most of these materials on hand. Feel free to play with the color palette and prints as well to create a design that is uniquely you. 

BONUS! Enter to win a Make an Easy Dresden Quilt Set here. Contest ends 6/7/15.