Just to let you all know, I finally completed all 32 Dresden plates today! I am so happy. I did take a full 1/4inch seam, in place of my usual scant 1/4 inch, and it all went fine from then on. I developed a little "factory assembly line" and the blades were turned into plates. Now to cut out 32-- 14 1/2 inch blocks and get those plates into blocks! Question......can I use the blanket stitch on my sewing machine instead of hand stitching those plates onto the blocks?