Mariner's Compass
04-09-2010, 05:22 AM
#11
Power Poster
Join Date: May 2009
Location: NY
Posts: 10,590
I highly recommend the Mariners Compass book by Judy Mathieson. Not only does this book contain a pattern that large for a couple of different MC but also teaches the freezer paper technique for making them and instructions on how to draft your own. http://www.amazon.com/Mariners-Compa...0819223&sr=1-2
04-09-2010, 07:09 AM
#13
Super Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Illinois
Posts: 5,142
Originally Posted by Leota
I want to make a Mariner's Compass that will be as large as the traditional Lone Star quilt. I'm thinking about 30 inches diameter.
Does anyone know how to do this or have a pattern this large? All the patterns I have found are for 12 inch blocks.
Does anyone know how to do this or have a pattern this large? All the patterns I have found are for 12 inch blocks.
04-09-2010, 07:12 AM
#14
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Crystal River Florida
Posts: 9,785
Originally Posted by Leota
The one I want to copy is a wall hanging or a lap quilt. I just know that I want to make that my center and then have 8 - 12" embroidered lighthouses on the border. This quilt is for my husband who served in the Coast Guard and loves lighthouses.
I may have to just get daring and take it to my quilting group along with my hoola-hoop and draft the pattern the way I want it... I was just hoping that someone else had already done the work for me :D
I may have to just get daring and take it to my quilting group along with my hoola-hoop and draft the pattern the way I want it... I was just hoping that someone else had already done the work for me :D
:)
Ditter
04-09-2010, 08:17 AM
#15
Power Poster
Join Date: May 2009
Location: NY
Posts: 10,590
Originally Posted by Ditter43
Originally Posted by Leota
The one I want to copy is a wall hanging or a lap quilt. I just know that I want to make that my center and then have 8 - 12" embroidered lighthouses on the border. This quilt is for my husband who served in the Coast Guard and loves lighthouses.
I may have to just get daring and take it to my quilting group along with my hoola-hoop and draft the pattern the way I want it... I was just hoping that someone else had already done the work for me :D
I may have to just get daring and take it to my quilting group along with my hoola-hoop and draft the pattern the way I want it... I was just hoping that someone else had already done the work for me :D
:)
Ditter
:lol:
04-09-2010, 10:04 AM
#17
Super Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: North Carolina - But otherwise, NOTW
Posts: 7,940
Maybe someone with knowledge of EQ6 could do a basic design for you in the size you want. I know it is able. You just need a willing person....I don't know it well enough yet!!
04-09-2010, 01:21 PM
#18
Super Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 4,648
Originally Posted by Ditter43
Originally Posted by Leota
The one I want to copy is a wall hanging or a lap quilt. I just know that I want to make that my center and then have 8 - 12" embroidered lighthouses on the border. This quilt is for my husband who served in the Coast Guard and loves lighthouses.
I may have to just get daring and take it to my quilting group along with my hoola-hoop and draft the pattern the way I want it... I was just hoping that someone else had already done the work for me :D
I may have to just get daring and take it to my quilting group along with my hoola-hoop and draft the pattern the way I want it... I was just hoping that someone else had already done the work for me :D
:)
I was using the hoola hoop to get the diameter of the compass :D
That way I could also see how much of the queen size bed it would cover. I don't want the compass to drape off the sides. Yes, there is a reason for my madness :D
Ditter
04-09-2010, 04:51 PM
#20
Super Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: inland part of Virginia Beach
Posts: 2,655
There was a pattern for a King size quilt that has a MC center that is paper pieced and measures 24" square.
It is called Set Sail and was in the Fall/Winter 2008 Quilt Sampler magazine.
It is called Set Sail and was in the Fall/Winter 2008 Quilt Sampler magazine.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
