WIP Wednesday: Halloween Dresden Plate

I already posted about this project here, but this is a very looooong term work in progress.  I don't think I'll be finishing this one for a year or more (hopefully not too much more).  Like the rainbow houndstooth quilt, this too is a mental health quilt that I work on from time to time when I need something mindless to do. I intend on hand appliqueing them down (we'll see how long I actually commit to that), so yeah...this is going to be a slow moving quilt.  That's just fine by me.

So I'm working away on my Halloween Dresden plate quilt.  I finally got all of the blades done.  All 400 of them.  Each 16.5" block requires 20 blades, and right now I'm sitting on a 4x5 block quilt.  I think I might be crazy.  I'm thinking of adding another 5 blocks to make it a 5x5 block quilt.  Someone save me from myself.

But right now I'm only working on the assembly of the outside of the plate. It's amazing how much they shrink down as you sew.  Ooh. Aah.

I haven't picked out what I want for the background, (though, for this I have a couple ideas) or the circle in the middle of each plate (for which I am totally and completely undecided) yet.  It'll come to me.  But in the mean time, I'll just sewing plates as I get the time.  Besides, I don't want all that bias on the blades hanging out all nakie for too long.

Here's one finished one.  Only 19.5 more to go.

Linking up with Freshy Pieced's WIP Wednesday....see the right side bar for a link to the blog.

Halloween Dresden Plates

This is just one of those "work on whenever, it's going to be a UFO for a loooong time" quilts...I'm doing a Halloween themed Dresden Plate quilt.  Again, this was inspired by one I saw on Pinterest.

CUTE.

Believe it or not, I actually wanted to do this in Christmas prints (can you hear it?  Snow is falling in Hell), but I didn't have the variety I do in Halloween prints...soo...I'll stick with Halloween.  I know, surprise, surprise.

This is enough for 5 and a half blocks (20 pieces per plate, not including the center).  This is 90 different Halloween prints...no repeats...from only a drawer and a half (and only maybe 2/3 of the prints of that drawer and a half, some prints were too large for this).  I have a couple stacks and another drawer to go. The rest I'll fill in with Halloween colors.

Don't mind the dog toys there, or the fleeing dog butt...Tina didn't wan to be in the picture, but her butt did. 

Maybe I like Halloween prints a little too much, lol.

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Halloween Dresden Plate Block

How cute is this Dresden plate table topper!  I'm going to have to give this one a try...or just use the Dresden Plate block itself and make a whole quilt...I have way more than enough Halloween fabric to do it with! 

Thank you to LuAnn at Loose Threads for sharing!

CLICK HERE to see the tutorial.