Sunday, January 9, 2011

Practice makes...dresdens!

I'm in 2 bees this year. Cherie is in both of them, so I'm making blocks for her this month. First up for the Sew Beautiful Bee: a dresden plate using Amy Butler's Soul Blossoms fabric. I was a little nervous about this one, so I made a practice block using my own fabric first.
Orange Brown Dresden
Cherie based her instructions off of this tuturial from Sew Mama Sew. Really fun! I think I'll make this into a pillow.

Soul Blossoms Dresden
With that one under my belt, I had the nerve to cut into Cherie's fabrics. I'm really happy with the way it turned out. Hope you like it, Cherie!

9 comments:

Tracey Jacobsen said...

they turned out great!

(I love Dresdens). :)

Kati said...

I really like it with your practice fabrics as well. That's a great combo!

Claire said...

great job....i just love the colors in the first one....your partner will definitely love them!!!

Sarah Craig said...

It's beautiful - but I know what you mean about being afraid to cut someone else's fabric!

AnneMarie said...

Oooh! Very nice! I love the orange..your color combo makes me think of modern fall...

Cherie said...

I LOVE it!

Emily said...

Those look great! I love the fussy cut center of the one! :)

teaginny said...

pretty! these are on my list to try soon! I like the fabrics you chose in your practice block - cool.

Diane said...

I love your practice block!