The Story of the Stripey Dresden Quilt
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there lived a group of royal quilters. They were a very clever bunch of quilters who delighted in making blocks for others and collectively called themselves the QCA Bee #2 (Quilt Club Australia Bee No 2).
It was Lady Quiltjane of the Kingdom of Brisbane that was to be the selector of a block for March 2012 and sent out a royal proclamation to all the kingdoms of the DownUnder Lands to make this special block. Each Lady of noble birth made a block (or sometimes 2) and sent them by royal carrier pigeon to the Kingdom of Brisbane.
Alas, the blocks lay dormant until the ‘No WIP shall ever be completed’, spell cast by the evil witch had been broken.
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| 101″ x 101″ for the royal bed |
The elves (I wish) and Lady Quiltjane worked day and night to complete the quilt made by Ladies, Bronwyn, Anorina, Waverlee, Kim, Tracey, Phillipa, Janine, McKenna, Jessica, Laura, Kelly, and Sue.
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| Magic bubbles and Swirls for quilting |
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| Gold and Silver threads spun in the Magical Kingdom of Aurifil #1135 and #2600 50wt Cotton |
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| This beauty was reserved for the label at the back. |
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| Michael Miller Clown Stripe Binding donated by the Royal Jester |
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| Background from the sacred texts of Michael Miller, Kaufman, Timeless Treasures Spotlight |
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| Dotty Background |
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| The Royal Sheep donated the Wool/Poly Batting. (Yes, they do look like poodles) |
The End.
P.S I forgot to mention that all the background fabrics, backing and applique dots were done with material already in my stash. The design was limited by the yardage on hand.
32 Comments
torinainstitches
This turned out AMAZING. Nice work.
Ella
So so glorious! Definitely worthy of a queen!
suemac
Love the texty fabric in the background.
Carla
This is just so so fabulous! I love all the fabrics and the fun quilting.
Brenda
very fun! I like using stripes to change the look of blocks.
elliek
Those blocks look amazing and I had a good laugh at the entire post. Well done
Little Island Quilting
Simply stunning.
Fiona
It's gorgeous… great selection for a block… and a great story to go with it…
Hugz
Rachaeldaisy
Absolutely Stunning!! I love every bit of this quilt from the clever block, fabulous fabrics to the great quilt layout. It goes without saying the quilting is brilliant. Congratulations on an amazing quilt!
Waverlee
Love what you did with the blocks 🙂
Vera
What a great fairy tail with happy ending! Well done!
Jo @ life in lists
Wowsers, it looks gorgeous! I love the borders.
Abby W @ColorBarQuilts
That is so gorgeous.
Kim
That is absolutely stunning Lady Quiltjane, and it was an honour and a privilege to contribute to it 🙂
MsMidge
Well you know how much I love this! It's HUGE! x
Pam
love the quilt
Sooli
Love the blocks, the quilt and the legend of Lady Quiltjane! (The royal sheeps is mightily cute also!)
kim
I like Dresdens and I LOVE your modern take on them. I love the whole quilt!!
threadtime
This quilt is fabulous! I had to pin it for my to do list down the road. Beautiful job.
Lou
Oh My! I LOVE it!!!!
Your presentation was awesome!
What a great way to use up fabrics!
Lisa C
FABULOUS@@@@@ Love your story!
Jess @ Scrappy n Happy
Very cool Jane!
Michele
Absolutely fabulous. I really love it.
heartsease54
I absolutely LOVE this quilt. It is gorgeous.
Newbie Jen
Love this one! So colorful and fun!
Laura
Ha, great post Lady Quiltjane!
Vickie
WOW< THAT"S BEAUTIFUL !!!!!
roccagal
wow a real stunner and the post was very entertaining as well-thanks for sharing!
Susan Guzman
Marvelous quilt! So imaginative, too!
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RWTreasure
I love Dresden Plates and Fans. I love String Pieced Quilts.
You’ve brought me more than I’d’ve dreamed up myself! How could I not have tho’t of it before?
Soooooo glad you did, & that you’ve shared it.
Big Thank Yous!!
One question, any chance of a downloadable, pdf version of it available?? Or for any of your other tutorials?
They make it soooooo much easier to use a pattern, having Printer Friendly, d/l versions to follow.
That aside, smashingly gorgeous quilt!