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How to: Create Dresden Plates With Fabric Scraps

atla031108-fabrics.jpgGot a collection of fabric remnants you don't know what to do with? Anna Maria took a $15 ziploc bag of fabric scraps and created these beautiful Dresden plates that now decorate her studio wall...

 
 

atla031108-fabrics2.jpgAnd be sure to check out Anna Maria's other use for scrap fabric: fabric knob pulls, which use even smaller remnants for decorative purposes.

For step by step directions to make your own Dresden Plates, the Purl Bee has a great how-to.

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thanks for including these features, love 'em!
i'll have to try that bath mat you featured last week.

posted by *heather leaf* on March 11th 2008 at 1:37pm
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my grandma used to make blankets from fabric scraps for her grandchildren. i still keep some in the wardrobe.

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