Dresden Plates by Chris. She has finished it now, I think, but was just doing the binding when I took this pic. Chris made this using the quilt as you go technique; I think she has decided to make all her big quilts this way as each block is quilted on the way and when they are all put together, the quilt is more or less done. The thin blue strips inbetween the floral borders are the connecting strips. It is a clever technique and when done badly a quilt can be quite stiff but Chris is a master at this and the quilt drapes beautifully and looks fabulous.
History of the Dresden Plate Quilt Block is here
http://www.patternsfromhistory.com/colonial_revival/dresden-plate.htm
If you visit you tube you will find many different video tutorials for making and joining quilt as you go blocks - there is more than one way to skin a cat!
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