Donated Dresden Plates in progress

Ann is a "new to me" customer and I am so happy that she reached out to me!  During our initial conversation, she asked if I knew of anyone who would take quilt tops to complete and then donate them to a charity.  I told her my store of police quilts, and when we met to discuss her quilt, she gifted this one to me.  Ann's story is that she received the top from her neighbor when she lived at the coast, and that her neighbor's mother may have pieced it, or inherited it.  Regardless, I'm thrilled!

The fabrics appear to be vintage 1930's, and it is all hand pieced,  Consequently, there is some "friendly-ness" in the piecing, meaning that it doesn't lay quite flat, but has some extra puff.  I am quilting it by SID around each petal, and the following the quilting design that was already marked on it.

There is a petal design in the center of each plate, and a spider web design drawn on the background.  I'm quilting it by following those lines and using wool batt for extra loft. 

 Final photos to come after completion of the binding.