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Marge Tucker Workshop 2 – Improv Dresden Plate Piecing
9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Friday, 9/18/26
Millwood Fire House
Cost $90
Learn how to piece improvisational Dresden Plate blocks! In this technique class, you will learn how to piece the substrate, so the wedges are varied in length, different ways to cut the wedges and how to piece the wedges together into circles.
Marge will also go over layouts and how to work with the circle blocks. In the 6-hour class, students will complete several blocks and know the options of how to combine blocks together. This is an incredibly versatile and innovative technique with many exciting variations to explore.
Supply List for Modern Dresden Plate Blocks
Fabric:
- Background fabric (I used white but it can be any color) –
- 3 1/2 yards fabric for the colored parts of the wedges
- 1/3 yard of three different fabrics
- 1/8 yard (5 1/2” inches wide x WOF) of six different fabrics o OR ¾ yard of one fabric
**Precut BEFORE class**:
From background fabric cut:
- One 7 1/2” x width of fabric (WOF) strip
- One 6 1/2” x width of fabric (WOF) strip
- One 5 1/2” x width of fabric (WOF) strip
(*bring remaining background fabric to workshop*)
From wedge fabric cut:
- One 5 1/2” x width of fabric (WOF) strip
- One 4 1/2” x width of fabric (WOF) strip
- One 3 1/2” x width of fabric (WOF) strip
*This could from one fabric OR three different fabrics. (Bring any extra wedge fabric
Other Supplies:
- Sewing machine and accessories (power cord, foot pedal, extension table [if you have one] AND manual)
- Rotary cutter with a new blade
- Cutting mat (18”x 24’’)
- A clear acrylic square ruler (12 ½” square) used to square blocks
- Basic sewing kit (scissors, seam ripper, straight pins)
- Thread in a neutral cotton
- Olfa 6”x 24” ruler to cut the fabric and the wedges. *It MUST be this brand and length.* If you have this ruler, that is great! IF NOT, I will have the ruler for purchase in class for $22.
*At the Dresden Plate workshop, I will have the 6″ x 24″ Olfa ruler that I use for cutting the wedges for sale. The price will be $22. I will also have a hand-out for the Dresden Plate workshop for $6.
Thoughts/Tips in Selecting Fabric for Modern Dresden Plate
If it helps in choosing your fabrics, we will be making a variety of strip sets with a background fabric (in “Burst” this is the white fabric) and your other fabrics (this fabric will be the colored part of the wedge). Some strip sets will have a wide strip of background with a narrower strip of the wedge fabric. Other strip sets will have the reverse. This gives the varied length of the wedges in the blocks.
I like to work with solid-colored cotton fabrics, but really any cotton fabric that “reads” solid or has a slight print would work as well. Large scale prints don’t always highlight this technique but narrow striped fabrics or graphic printed fabrics look quite interesting mixed with the solid fabrics.
**Please don’t hesitate to email me at margetuckerquilts@gmail.com if you have any questions on the supply list.**
Examples of blocks made with fabric combinations
