Vintage Dresden Plate Blocks

I am linking with Finished for Friday at Litandlaundry.

These blocks constructed with 30's/40's original fabrics and purchased from an estate sale, made up into a very pretty quilt with a repro. fabric for the setting triangles, centers and border. I used up all of that fabric so will have to use something different for the binding. About half of the blocks were already hand appliqued to the muslin and the original piecer had cut the remainder of the eighteen blocks and plates.

Although I am quite pleased with it I now wish I had used something other than meandering around the blocks. However it is appropo for the era and not an unpleasing effect.

In the centers are small feather wreaths and feathers also in the border. I had loaded the quilt on the LA before quilt retreat and started right into the quilting once I returned last week. I find it very appealing am thinking I may keep it, as much handwork as I invested in the project and as charming as I find the end result.

With no daughters or yet granddaughters to receive it, it may hang out in my house for some time and become even more vintage!

The backing is a cream WOW to coordinate with the muslin in the quilt which is unbleached.

It shows up the quilting nicely though I used a natural colored Bottom Line in the bobbin and So Fine in the top for a subtle result.

Dresden Plate Blocks, A Charger and Table Runner

Back in the city one day and I'm already at the local quilt shop, Quiltz - they had a sale, 30% off all fabrics and I needed a 30's repro for my vintage 30's DP's that I bought from eBay a while back.

After some deliberation I chose this........

I think it goes nicely, don't you? There appears to be a preponderance of blue fabrics in these DP's and this fabric looked best with them IMHO! After all, isn't that what counts, my quilt, my choice, no quilt police allowed!

I bought three yards to make all the setting triangles-I am setting the blocks on point- and I also need enough for the center circles and the binding.

The maker of these had already drawn an outline of the quilting design she planned for the centers, if you click on the image for a close up you can see her designs.

Three or four of the blocks came with muslin centers like these....

but the rest were like this, missing their centers and since I have no hope of matching this very old muslin I think it best if I replace the circles with the same fabric as the setting triangles.

Then this evening I just came across this adorable Dresden Plate charger and table runner on the Bitty Bits & Pieces blog, with a really nice tutorial on Moda Bakeshop and if you don't feel able/ in the mood to make them Kimberly is actually giving away a charger so you could get lucky! If you are at all interested check it out, the tutorial is very good and the whole set is really pretty and sweetly old fashioned.

Now I just happen to have a few bits and pieces left from my DP eBay purchase that will not fit into my quilt, so I think I will have to make one of the chargers.

Yikes, another project...........