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Writer's pictureMegan Best

Dresden Challenge

November Challenge with Island Batik was to create a quilt using Dresden as our inspiration.

I got to use this beautiful group, Island Zest from Island Batik.



I picked my favorites from the line to highlight in my quilt.


Playing with fabric is so fun!

I design my quilts with Electric Quilt.



I kept playing with designs until I came up with this design:


The quilt finished at about 60" square. This is a perfect lap size.



I pieced the quarter Dresden plates.


I will then applique them to the background squares.





First: test the applique stitching.

















Stitching the Dresden's down, on a beautiful fall day. I do my decorative stitching on my Janome M7 machine.





The top went together quickly.




I planned my quilting design Loopy Lace and loaded the quilt on to my Handi Quilter Forte/Pro-Stitcher. I used Hobbs Silk batting in this quilt.







I love the lacey look of the design.

I added a dark green binding to finish it off.




Disclosure: The products featured here were provided to me free of charge by Island Batik, Schmetz Needles and Hobbs Batting



Be sure to visit all the Island batik Ambassadors to see all the beautiful projects this month.


Brenda Alburl ~ Songbird Designs

Renee Atkinson ~ Pink Tulip Quilting

Megan Best ~ BestQuilter

Pamela Boatright ~ PamelaQuilts

Susan Deshensky ~ Lady Blue Quilts Studio

Brittany Fisher ~ Bobbin with Brittany

Preeti Harris ~ Sew Preeti Quilts

Mania Hatziioannidi ~ Mania for quilts

Kim Jamieson-Hirst ~ Chatterbox Quilts

Victoria Johnson ~ Forever Quilting for You

Connie Kauffman ~ Kauffman Designs

Connie Kresin Campbell ~ Freemotion by the River

Emily Leachman ~ The Darling Dogwood

Denise Looney ~ A Quiltery

Leah Malasky ~ Quilted Delights

Maryellen McAuliffe ~ Mary Mack Made Mine

Lisa Pickering ~ Lisa’s Quilting Passion

Sarah Pitcher ~ Pitcher’s Boutique

Lana Russel ~ Lana Quilts

Julia Schweri ~ Inflorescence Designs

Gail Sheppard ~ Quilting Gail

Carol Stanek ~ Stitch with Color

Sandra Starley ~ Textile Time Travels

Jennifer Thomas ~ Curlicue Creations

Suzy Webster ~ Websterquilt











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etalmage
10 nov.

Your lacy quilting design is a perfect match for this quilt! Lovely all around.

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PK Solberg
PK Solberg
09 nov.

I love your happy flying dresdens! And thanks for the post showing all the possibilities!

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Maryellen McAuliffe
Maryellen McAuliffe
08 nov.

This is gorgeous. I love the color play and the quilting is so pretty!


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brenda.alburl
07 nov.

Beautiful, Megan!

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Quilting Tangent
Quilting Tangent
07 nov.

Pretty quilt and love the prints in this collection.

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