I have been working on this quilt for my brother for the past 4 years. I am getting towards the end and simply couldn't wait to share it with you all. I hope to finish by August so I can enter it into two local quilt shows. I have a lot of pictures to show of it for all the details in the quilting. Now I just need to decide on the border quilting. I have sketched out a wave that looks very much like the famous Japanese woodblock "The Great Wave of Kanagawa". I have posted pics of the dragon and tiger a few times on the board. This quilt is a gift for my brother and is based on his tattoos.

I designed the quilt myself and used the freezer paper piecing technique from Judy Mathieson's book Mariners Compass Quilts Setting a New Course. I used her template for the pieced compasses and I drafted my own for the quilted ones.

That is simply Amazing!

I wanted to be the first..so I had to post and then hit edit to add the rest..LOL!

I love the stars you quilted and the designs within the mariners compass... My Goodness that is a ton of work. I hope you win some ribbons before you gift it to your brother.

The dragons are amazing! Sistah!!! you need to go into business.

oh wow. I can't say any more than that. Wow.

WOW!

You must Really love your brother. Great quilt!

:lol: :lol: Thanks Charismah! Someday I hope to get good enough at LAing to be able longarm detail like this but I'm not sure it's even possible. They are two totally different types of quilting. The compasses are possible with ruler work just not sure the dragon and tiger could be done.

What fantastic work you have done on every choice from pattern to color to quilting skills!!

spetacular!!!!

Very few quilts make me speechless..what a beautiful job..color..design..lol..in otherwords totally perfect !!!

Me either....this is phenominal (sp)

Your hand stitching is fabulous. What patience you have.

I love it and I want it! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Even the small touches, like the little pinwheels on the edges. A few small blocks and it makes that whole section sparkle.

And the whole background is Fossil Fern? How fabulous (and useful) was that print?!?!?

I wish you many ribbons. You and the quilt deserve them.

Ah ha! now I know your trick...watch out! LOL

Wow. Very nice.

Wow agree with what everyone else said it is spectacular

absolutely gorgeous....you really should enter that in a quilt contest.

Just breathtaking. You are one very talented lady.

Excellent eye MTS, yes the entire background is fossil fern. Had a bit of a panic during the piecing process because I bought the fabs almost a year before I started piecing and ran out of that fossil fern. Thank goodness it is a fabric that has endured the whims and marketing of years and I had no trouble finding it. Unfortunately when I found it on line I wasn't sure which FF color I had, the carbon or the other almost black one. So I have an extra yard of the other almost black one in my stash.

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amazing!!

Looks like a winner! I hope your brother knows how lucky he is.

Absoulutely breathtaking!!!!!

This is truly a Labor of love!!!! I'm amazed at your attention to detail and your patience in executing such intricate designs. Awesome!!!!!

I have never seen such beautiful hand quilting. You did an awesome job!

Fantastic

Wowsers!

Magnificent work! It is a work of art! Yes I agree when it is done you should enter it in a contest or two!!! You deserve to have your work recognized!! Fantabulous!!

Amazing!! Wow it is a beauty.

Simply stunning! Words just can't describe the beauty of that quilt. That's a boatload of work there. Very, very, impressive.

One amazing quilt!! :thumbup:

Amazing :!:

Wow. You are so talented. Very nice job!!

Mary

It's beautiful. I hope I am fortunate enough to get to see your finished quilt in person in one of the quilt shows. Good Luck!!!!

Kat

Wow, this is just stunning! You've really gone a step beyond with your quilt designs.

What shows are you planning to enter? I probably live close enough that I can see it in person. :) :) :)

Janet

Amazing is all that comes to mind.

Once again, my mouth hangs open in amazement at the beauty and amazing work on this board!!! This quilt is absolutely stunning...I just want to run my hands over it (with white gloves of course) and just ooh and ahh at it for awhile!!!! WOW WOW WOW!!!!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Your brother is one very fortunate man. I hope he knows how much you love him. That is one of the best works of art I have seen, and I look at quilts a whole bunch. You NAILED it!

Bennington Quiltfest and hopefully the Empire Quiltfest in Clifton Park.

Absolutely Gorgeous!

WoW! Absolutely gorgeous!