Comments on: Dresden Plates Rock

By: lynn

lynn — Tue, 25 May 2010 16:25:02 +0000

It should be relatively easy to make a Dresden Plate block into a clock. When you place the block on the background, make sure that you have points aiming straight up and down (12 o’clock and 6 o’clock), which will also give you to points to the right and left (3 o’clock and 9 o’clock). You can use batting or fast2fuse between the block and the backing. Quilt and bind. Get a clock movement from a craft store, cut a little hole in the center of the block for the clock stem, mount the clock movement (the instructions are on the packaging), and voila – you have a working clock!

By: Danielle Dews

Danielle Dews — Sat, 22 May 2010 08:39:01 +0000

Hey Joyce
A dresden plate clock sounds like a GREAT idea. C&T author and editor Lynn Koolish wrote a whole book about fabric clocks called Fast, Fun & Easy Creative Fabric Clocks. Here’s the link http://www.ctpub.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=1081

By: Joyce

Joyce — Fri, 21 May 2010 16:15:03 +0000

Has any one made a fabric clock. I am planning on making a Dresden into a clock but would appreciate any tips you can give. I have made fabric bowls and boxes and even the fortune cookie but wonder about doing a clock to hang on the wall-any special considerations I need to be aware of. Thanks for any help.

By: V

Sat, 16 May 2009 12:13:53 +0000

I like the desdens! been seeing a lot of them in blogland all of a sudden.
UfO’s ? do i have any? I’m the queen of starting something, and going on to the next thing… I get so many ideas, I start them, then go and make another idea… the one that grabs my attention the most gets it! I do have several i want to get back too…I’m trying to not start anymore for the summer…ha! we’ll see about that!

By: Sherri

Sherri — Sat, 16 May 2009 04:54:05 +0000

Love, love, love your Dresden…they’re everywhere in blogland…I’ve been a bit addicted to them myself lately!

By: Mary on Lake Pulaski

Mary on Lake Pulaski — Fri, 15 May 2009 23:52:04 +0000

Very pretty – great fabric choices!