All quilts follow the same general method as that of making the patchwork or crazy quilt.
The differences are only in the design of the top and the pattern of the quilting. But all quilts have a top, a batt, and a lining which is sewn together. Granny uses the same patter, the fan pattern, for quilting her dresden plate quilts. The difference is that instead of working with strips of backing material, she starts with squares of material, usually eighteen inches by eighteen inches, and this material is going to show as part of the top of the quilt, as the background. Granny has a piece of cardboard she uses as a pattern for cutting out pieces for the dresden place discs.