Dresden Plate

Traditionally, the blades are pieced into a plate and then sewn onto a background by appliqué.

Inklingo makes new, faster, more accurate methods possible.

Dresden Plate Appliqué

Inklingo makes the preparation of appliqué patches faster, easier, with perfect positioning on the background.

Dresden Plate Quilt by Hand

Everything you need to know is included in the Dresden Plate Design Book.

Dresden Plate Quilt by Machine

If you prefer, you can sew all of the plates by machine with no appliqué required!

Dresden Plate Quilt Hybrid

Get a fast start by stitching some shapes by machine, and then sew the rest by hand, sewing anywhere, anytime. A combination of hand and machine piecing is my favorite, as described in the design book.

Use the website’s Search Feature at the top of every page to find more info about Dresden Plate designs.

Love the lines. Quilt more!

8. You can have it all!

Buy exactly what you need—or have it all!

Order the Appliqué and the Fancy Pieced shape collection and you will have it all! (Everything in the Basic Pieced collection is included in the Fancy Pieced Collection.)

IMPORTANT If you are new to Inklingo, please start with the Diamond Triangle Square shape collection. It’s FREE and it includes the first chapter of The Inklingo Handbook.

7.  The Inklingo Dresden Plate Design Book PDF

The design book is an amazing resource! It includes everything you need to know to design and sew your Dresden Plate quilt blocks. It is at least a $20 value on sale for $10—or FREE when you buy a related shape collection!

6. Easy to Cut and Sew—Love the lines!

Use scissors or a rotary cutter.

No measuring, no templates. (Why I don’t sell acrylic templates)

There are perfect stitching lines and matching marks on every piece. Turn your ordinary Inkjet printer into your favorite quilting tool!

5. Simple to Decide How Much Fabric

As usual, the diagrams for each shape and Monkey’s Cheat Sheet keep you organized and make it easy to decide how much fabric to buy—or even whether you have enough scraps or yardage in your stash.

4. FIVE Back-basting Layouts!

Appliqué doesn’t get better than this!

Perfect positioning without manual marking.

You can even combine narrow and wide blades and different blades in the same plate!

3. A Choice of Sizes

• Appliqué—9 or 10 inches
• Basic Pieced—9 inches
• Fancy Pieced—9, 12, or 15 inches

2. 15 Blades!!

Your Dresden Plate can have 8, 12, 16, or 24 blades!

The Appliqué shape collection PDF has 9 blade shapes, including a folded point.

The Basic and Fancy Pieced shape collections have 6 blade shapes, including two-part blades.

See the variety of widths and shapes in each shape collection by clicking on the covers.

1. A Choice of Methods

There is an Inklingo shape collection for you whether you prefer appliqué or
piecing, machine, or hand.

If you piece the blades, you can appliqué them to a background (printed or
unprinted) or piece them into backgrounds printed with the perfect curves and matching marks. Think about it—no worries about centering the plate!! Wow!

You can also mix and match, combining foundation piecing and appliqué. For example, if you like a blade in Basic Pieced, you can appliqué the plate to an unprinted background instead of piecing. The options are endless.