Celebrate Spring with a Charming Umbrella Block
Innovative Construction Makes It Easy to Sew Together!
This lovely umbrella is made from a modified Dresden Plate block. The block can be used in a quilt, runner, wall hanging, pillow cover, and more.
An innovative technique for piecing Dresden blocks that omits the need to deal with bias edges simplifies construction. Joanna Figueroa’s technique uses a template to mark stitching lines, which are sewn before the fan shapes are cut out.
The umbrella shape is created by applying the handle to the background using fusible applique. The Dresden umbrella is then stitched in place.
A quilt by the designer using a slightly smaller block with umbrellas set into the corners of the backgrounds.
Nicola Dodd from Cake Stand Quilts suggests using background pieces that are either 8½ ” x 10½” or 10½” x 12½”. A square background will also work.
You’ll also need the template found here.
