When you purchase a new sewing/quilting tool it is always good to find the many ways that you can use said tool. Well, for me it was the Dresden Ruler. I had a few short 2 1/2" strips left over from my Christmas star quilt so I used them to create the split Dresden blade. I set the small end of the ruler between one of the 1 inch marks on my cutting mat then put a piece of painters tape on the ruler at the half way mark. This then became the marking to place on the seam line on two pieces of the fabric strips that I had sewn together. Thus, this became a split Dresden blade. I was able to use ALL of the remaining strips from my prior project to create this small quilt which measures about 41" x 41".
I was able to make the large Dresden blade for the center then used two small blades to make the half patterns. I like the way it turned out. I didn't do alot of machine quilting on this quilt. I used a pattern I call Oooppsie Daisy but did not quilt the actual Dresden plates on this quilt.
I also used the very last of the strips in the backing so no wasted fabric!
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