What do ya think? Mariners Compass........

It's lovely! The points look very crisp and sharp -- a good thing in a MC quilt.

looks gorgeous... I really like the "floating" aspect of the additional points... can't wait to see the finished block/quilt!

Kate in MI

Beautiful fabric choice! Question for you: are you going to piece the points into the background? Or will this be applique? I lvoe mariners compass and haven't had nerve to try one.

Sunny

JPgirl wrote:

It is actually pieced but because I was lazy and didn't want to go upstairs to find a better place to take the pic you can't really see the background because it is white and as you can see, so is my sewing table!

Mariners compass is my sort of unicorn (ala Gone in 60 seconds) I guess you could say. My boyfriend bought me "The unltimate quilting book" last year for christmas and in that book it said that the mariners compass was one of the most difficult patterns to peice, well, you know, after reading that I had to give it a try. I looked and looked for books with a nice pattern, I didn't want to make just any old compass, as it turned out any book I could actually get my hands on just didn't have the right pattern so I designed my own, then I used that design and broke it up into sections and drew out my own Paper piecing templates, half tested them and got bored so I got the fabric I wanted to do it with and just went straight to doing the real thing.

If you want to give it a try, and I can get a template this big copied somwhere I would be happy to send copies of them to you if you don't want to do your own. With the paper peicing it is really pretty easy.

Sunny wrote:

Wow! I love it! Don't change it very much, it's great the way it is.

I think it's going to be stunning. I really like your color choices and the orange (or red) is a great contrast to the blue. Good job!

I have always wanted to make a MC! And paper pieced is even better. Please email me off list at c x m 7521 at m s n dot com and give me your snail mail address, I'll be more than happy to reimburse you for the postage and the pattern. Just let me know. That is a real beauty, JP, and I do love the lovely crisp points. I hope I can do half as well!

Can't wait to see the finished quilt cause just that little bit is really pretty!!

Oooohhhh! Yummy.

And all those lovely long thin straight points. Clever you!

I got so busy looking at all your beautiful quilts, that I forgot what you asked us to look at - so I had to go back and reread your message. :-)) What beautiful work you do and your MC is going to be just as gorgeous I'm sure. A big WOW from me.

Sharon (N.B.)

Love the floating effect of the outer points. Roberta in D

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I think it's going to be exquisite -- love your color choices. This is one of my favorite patterns, and I look forward to seeing your finished project!

Nancy in NS