DRESDEN PLATE AND FLOWER GARDEN QUILT #1

A customer (PB of Brazil, IN) made this very unusual quilt from a mix of Dresden Plate blocks and Flower Gardens blocks that she had on hand.  Her applique stitches are small and neat.  For the Flower Garden blocks she did an added dimension of appliqueing a block under the flower garden block and between the solid color block. The sashing is only vertical between each strip of 3 blocks.

Size: 65" x 76".

Materials: 100% cotton top and backing, and a poly/cotton batting.  The batting had enough poly to make it fairly easy to quilt.

Hand quilting: The customer had no real idea what she wanted quilting-wise, and left the choices to me. I debated about an all over design, but finally opted for quilting around and in the blocks themselves as it really made the design of the blocks stand out. There are 176 yards of quilting in this quilt.

I was traveling a lot while this quilt was in my possession, so it took me almost 2 months to the day to do the quilting.  It returned to the owner on May 3, 2019.