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Vintage Dresden Plate Quilt

Posted on July 1, 2011July 1, 2011 by Martha

This is a quilt made by the grandmother of my friend, Cathy.  The print fabrics, and probably the solid yellow as well, appear to be from the 1930s.  It was quilted, however, using a more modern polyester batting, so I suspect that the top was probably completed in the 1930s or 1940s, and was then quilted at a later date.  The quilt has been lovingly used for a long time, so some of the fabrics had completely disintegrated, while others were just beginning to shred.  To extend the life of the quilt, I repaired 30 of the plate pieces by appliqueing and quilting authentic fabrics from the period on top of the damaged fabrics.  I’m pretty happy to give this sweet old quilt a second chance.

Vintage Dresden Plate Quilt
71″ x 86″

I put safety pins on the repaired blades.

14 thoughts on “Vintage Dresden Plate Quilt”

  1. Cathy says:
    July 1, 2011 at 8:41 pm

    Oh Martha, thank you so much. My mom and I are both so happy you could fix this for us!

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  2. Pratima says:
    July 2, 2011 at 1:49 am

    The sunny yellow background is so cheerful and the Dresdens in 30s prints couldn’t be more cuter! It was really awesome of you to lovingly give this beautiful quilt a new life! Thank you for sharing, Martha!
    Have a lovely long weekend!

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  3. Steffi says:
    July 2, 2011 at 2:39 am

    What a beauty! I always love dresden plate quilts, and I love yellow. So this is a perfect match. I´m glad you repaired it so that it has a new life now.

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  4. Barbara says:
    July 2, 2011 at 5:03 am

    I love that you did this – I see so many quilts with fabrics that are in various stages of disintegration. As usual, a perfect job!

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  5. LoriD says:
    July 2, 2011 at 6:24 am

    That is such a fun happy quilt. I bet the owners will be thrilled with the repairs.

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  6. Jan says:
    July 2, 2011 at 9:36 am

    What a pretty quilt! I love the yellow centers, they really make it pop! Great job on the repair! It is so nice that this quilt has been used and enjoyed all these years, and now, many more!

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  7. Ann says:
    July 2, 2011 at 10:14 am

    That is such a pretty quilt! It’s wonderful that you were able to repair it and extend its life. You did a beautiful job with it!

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  8. Allie says:
    July 2, 2011 at 1:11 pm

    What a great save Martha, it’s a beautiful quilt and what a treasure to have. You did a wonderful job repairing it!

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  9. Ann Champion says:
    July 2, 2011 at 4:16 pm

    You did a wonderful job on the repairs. It’s such a pretty quilt..well worth saving. 🙂

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  10. nanette says:
    July 5, 2011 at 3:16 pm

    Wowie!

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  11. Nan says:
    July 28, 2011 at 7:42 pm

    So glad you fixed this beautiful. My great grandma gave me a crazy quilt and I’ve repaired the blocks by appliqueing over the exiting damaged ones. Sadly it needs fixed again. Another project for me to work on but it will be worth it. The material she used was all silky type fabric.

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  12. Nan says:
    July 28, 2011 at 7:45 pm

    Ok, so I’m tired tonight. So glad you fixed this beautiful quilt. Appliqueing over the existing blocks that were damaged it exactly what I did to my great grandma’s quilt. Thank you so much for sharing. 🙂

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  13. kathy says:
    September 23, 2011 at 12:36 pm

    beautiful. one of my favorites

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  14. Julie Biddle says:
    February 3, 2016 at 6:34 pm

    My Mother always wanted to make a Dresden Plate quilt. She saved remnants from the clothing she made for herself and the family over many years. Every year or so she would make another block, then tuck it away. Finally she had enough blocks, time and space. She put together the quilt top and had someone quilt it for her. I can look at most of the patches and remember what the dress or outfit was that she made with the original fabric.

    Some years later it came to me, somewhat the worse for wear. Some of the edges of the pieces in the plates are coming unsewn, a few have frayed, but the fabric is still good. I’m hoping to just carefully tuck them under and sew them back down.

    The edges of the quilt have worn and frayed. She didn’t put a border on it, so I’m planning to trim away what is damaged and put a border on it. I hope to rescue it for the next generation.

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