On Tuesday, the Inklingo Dresden Plate collections were published. They’re incredible. These 2 sheets show some of the variations one can make just using the Fancy Pieced collection.

The one at the top right of this page is definitely on my list. I think I know the colours I want to play with for that already.

There’s an applique collection as well. I haven’t been able to do any applique for ages because tracing is just not something my wrists can handle at all. I can’t wait to play with all the applique blade variations. Dresden Plate, fan and Farmer’s Fancy blocks are definitely in my future!

I love stitching curves so for the first one I decided to use the curved blades. I checked the sizes I needed, cut the fabric and freezer paper to size, ironed them together and here they’re ready to print.


These are the fabrics I’m using for that first block:

These are the fabrics after I had fed them through the printer. Because I knew I would photograph them, I printed on the two darker prints with a much darker ink colour than I would normally choose, which I knew would be okay as the red doesn’t shadow through to the front and I know, from testing, that the ink washes out easily.

Lester practicing, I think, how he’ll stand when the medals are given out at the catalympics.

While Smudge was getting in some practice for the long stretch competition.