I have been asked to post this photo of my current Avatar, so here it is.

The fabrics are Kona Cotton black, a Michael Miller Asain print & Michael Miller Fairy Frosts.

Thanks for looking.

very pretty; you are very talented.

Thank you for posting it. Gosh, it is so breathtaking! How big is it? I can see your Fairy Frosts pretty well. I love this.

It's very beautiful!I just love the appliqued flowers.

Simply gorgeous!!!!

Love the Costa Rican Cartwheel! ;-)

Wow! Absolutely gorgeous!

Gorgeous

The fabrics and colors are beautiful and the pattern is so unique. Did you quilt this by machine or by hand? You are so talented.

Very nice!

Very wonderfully terrific!! So intricate looking & GREAT colors!!

beautiful

I forgot to mention where the pattern came from - sorry, Judy Mathieson!

It's from the book, "Mariner's Compass Quilts: Setting a new Course" by Judy Mathieson.

Drop dead gorgeous!!!

Beautiful!!

Oh my, this is such beautiful work, I LOVE it!!!

Well worth posting Kathy! I love it and love the touch of appliques flowers. Those FF really pop on the black!

Lovely!

Just outstanding!

Fabulous! Looks like it came straight out of a quilting magazine!

Lovely

Absolutely amazing... Beautiful.

Oooohh, even prettier when it's bigger! Thanks for posting.

awesome job..

WOWZA! Did I count 12 different fairy frost fabrics in the compass? Plus the black background, plus the applique. Your skill and dedication to quilting are admirable.

I just love your quilt! :thumbup:

Gorgeous!!!

Losie, Sorry I forgot to answer your question - it's all by machine!

Thanks to all of you for your compliments. I really had fun with this quilt - made it back in 2007, I think. The pieces are rather large, so it goes very fast. I put fusible on the back of the border fabric & cut out the flowers for the corners. Didn't have much left, so there wasn't enough for all 4 corners to be alike, so it's 2 & 2. Then I took black thread & stitched around everything. I had left the tiniest margin of black on the cut-outs so I could do this. Originally had a wider coral inner border & fewer flowers in the corners. When I took it apart to reduce the coral border, I added more flowers & leaves, etc. to the corners. That's when I discovered you can heat the fusible, lift it up and put something under it, then iron it back down.

Stunning :)

Very beautiful.

Beautiful!

Really wonderful! I want to do a circle of geese someday...

ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS !!!!

AWESOME!!!!

It's very beautiful!

OMG this is awesome..love the colors! Love the design! love the workwomanship!

Nice work!

Very pretty! Thanks for sharing your Avatar!

Stunning! What is "Quilts with Convicts"?

Lovely! The name is fitting too.