Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Dresden Swap Quilt

Lately I've been thinking maybe I should change my word of the year to DRESDEN! Thinking this will be my last dresden quilt for the year. (never say never, I know, I know). I shared with you a while back that we swapped dresdens at McKinney Modern Quilt Guild. If you want to see the dresdens I made for the swap and a before shot of the ones I received, you can read all about it here.

This is my final quilt made with those dresdens I received! I really love the way the colors pop off of a black background. Not wanting it to be just boring solid black, I did a patchwork background of a mix of "reads black" fabrics and I'm so happy I did! The dresdens are all appliquéd on top of the pieced background. After appliquéing each one, I was able to carefully cut away behind the dresden and use the background pieces I cut to create the center circles.

I really love the way this turned out! Collaboration quilts make me so happy.... I know who made some of the dresdens I received but not all (I wish we had all initialed the back of ours? or something). I'm looking forward to seeing what others have done with the dresdens they received.


Finished quilt is 40" x 42"
Quilted by Diann (Happy Quilts)


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5 comments:

Chantal said...

Love this quilt. Honestly I think dresdens may just be my favorite. Love the background you did. It adds so much to what already is a fabulous quilt.

Debbie said...

The mixed background adds alot of interest - good going!

Goofin' Off Around the Block said...

This is such a beautiful and cheery finish. It's the perfect layout for the dresden blocks.

Maria said...

The grey squares really make the pretty Dresdens pop..
Lovely quilt ..

Ondrea said...

Such a lovely design. Love it!