Sunday, August 11, 2013

Girly Dresden

The Dresden pattern has always caught my eye, except I felt like it was a bit dated.  I wanted to take this pattern and give it a modern twist.  I have a few other ideas for this pattern, but let's just take one step at a time.

For this quilt I pieced the Dresden pieces together using patterned scraps in my stash and clustered them in the opposite corners.  Most of these scrap pieces come from the very first quilt I ever made.  I cut hexagons out of coordinating-solid fabrics to cover up the centers of the Dresden pieces.  The background fabric for the top is a white on white chevron print that's hard to see in the pictures. 




The back is a solid grey fabric.  I wanted to bring in a touch of color throughout the quilt, so I used a multicolor pastel thread for the quilting.  The binding is a wavy yellow print.  I put a lowercase initial on the back for the baby.




This is a pretty simple quilt to put together, but the colorful Dresdens really give this quilt a fun personality.

22 comments:

  1. Great way to update a classic, but sometimes boring pattern!

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  2. great Dresdens, I love them in modern prints!

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  3. I love that the Dresdens almost look like flowers. really cute, Janet!

    :) Kelly @ My Quilt Infatuation

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    1. Thank you so much for sharing this at Needle and Thread Thursday, Janet!

      :) Kelly @ My Quilt Infatuation

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  4. How fun! I just love the E on the back. Great quilt.

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  5. Dropped by from so many linky parties that we've both signed up for this week! That's a great quilt, I love the colours and especially that you used hexies instead of circles for the centre of the dresdens :)

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  6. Such pretty quilt, you are making me a Dresden believer!

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  7. I love your quilting style!

    val from myplvl.blogspot.com

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  8. Love the Dresden quilt........Stopping by from Quilt Story. Thanks for sharing Marie (mlismore@optusnet.com.au)

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  9. Love it! Neat modern twist Janet! Thanks for sharing!

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  10. Love your spin on the Dresden! The back of your quilt is wonderful, you have given me many new ideas! Thanks for sharing.

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  11. What a darling quilt. Great use of Dresdens.

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  12. I love dresdens too! Your quilt is gorgeous :)

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  13. I've always loved the dresden but this I really like a lot! Lovely design.

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  14. What a gorgeous quilt!! I love the big E on the back!!

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  15. Nice result from your playing with a traditional pattern.

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  16. very nice, love the dresden flowers!!

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  17. Looks lovely and elegant! Thank you for linking up to TGIFF!

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  18. This is a beautiful quilt! I agree with everyone else--the E on the back is awesome!

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