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TOPIC: Mariners Compass

Mariners Compass 06 Feb 2021 14:10 #154576

DocRuth OFFLINE Posts: 4 Thank you received: 7	Beautiful! Love your background fabric.
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Mariners Compass 06 Feb 2021 13:18 #154573

Traude OFFLINE Posts: 2 Thank you received: 1	Dear Helen! Don't worry! Make the road a little bit smalle and it will do well. Your compass looks perfect! Indeed the pattern is not. One side is nearly 1/16 longer than 7". May be, that makes your problem.
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Mariners Compass 05 Feb 2021 19:23 #154537

ngrasso13 OFFLINE Posts: 3 Thank you received: 13	My first Mariners Compass! Using the blue background fabric to represent the river that is a stones throw from my house. Attachments: 20210205_171225.jpg (34KB)
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Mariners Compass 05 Feb 2021 19:04 #154536

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Martije wrote:

Not sure if this is the right place to post this tip, or not, but I store my BOM projects in large clean pizza boxes. The Mariners compass will be stored in a large pizza box, and it will be safe there until time to sew it in the quilt top. I keep my houses in another large pizza box. The boxes are easy to label and stack.

I made 8 quick design boards out of 4 clean 16" pizza boxes, tops & bottoms, by gluing offwhite flannel to them. Easy to stack up. Not the prettiest, but still useful & very cheap.

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Mariners Compass 05 Feb 2021 14:18 #154517

Martije OFFLINE Posts: 8 Thank you received: 15	Not sure if this is the right place to post this tip, or not, but I store my BOM projects in large clean pizza boxes. The Mariners compass will be stored in a large pizza box, and it will be safe there until time to sew it in the quilt top. I keep my houses in another large pizza box. The boxes are easy to label and stack.
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Mariners Compass 31 Jan 2021 21:12 #154347

happycamperx OFFLINE Posts: 8 Thank you received: 10	I appreciate all your info and tips. I reprinted the papers. I did notice they printed much better directly from the computer rather then making copies from the first. I used a laser jet printer. I sewed my mariners compass over this weekend. All is good and it measures the right size. Attached. Attachments: image_2021-02-01.jpg (52KB)
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Mariners Compass 30 Jan 2021 06:36 #154234

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PaolaRB wrote:

Yes, HelenW I mention the point problem in my question. What I don’t know is why the points turned out this way so that when I make a second mariner’s compass I won’t end up with the same results.

PaolaRB, I will try to find out the answer why, by doing a sample with some seams I make too narrow and others too wide, when joining sections. Barbara, rightly pointed out that
the problem is in the seams that connect the units. Give me a day, and I will try to get you the answer.
I put the pictures on the show and tell mariners compass. The seams are too narrow. Go look and see. Hope this helps. HelenW

Last Edit: 30 Jan 2021 08:03 by HelenW.

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Mariners Compass 29 Jan 2021 20:00 #154231

bbquiltmaker OFFLINE Posts: 1498 Thank you received: 1762	PaolaRB, see my answer below to CJaneAgar. If your wedge patterns were the correct size and were trimmed correctly, the problem is the seam allowances when you joined them together.
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Mariners Compass 29 Jan 2021 18:07 #154227

PaolaRB OFFLINE Posts: 59 Thank you received: 266	Yes, HelenW I mention the point problem in my question. What I don’t know is why the points turned out this way so that when I make a second mariner’s compass I won’t end up with the same results.
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Mariners Compass 29 Jan 2021 16:53 #154225

bbquiltmaker OFFLINE Posts: 1498 Thank you received: 1762	LizAnderson wrote: i have not started the compass yet. You mentioned the bias edges and to be careful, would you recommend maybe stay stitching them to make sure they do not stretch? Looking forward to sewing this. No, just don't handle it much. We will use it next in month 5 when we make the Inner and Outer Roads.
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Mariners Compass 29 Jan 2021 16:23 #154224

LizAnderson OFFLINE Posts: 5 Thank you received: 15	i have not started the compass yet. You mentioned the bias edges and to be careful, would you recommend maybe stay stitching them to make sure they do not stretch? Looking forward to sewing this.
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Mariners Compass 29 Jan 2021 15:50 #154222

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PaolaRB wrote:

Barbara, I went back to measure my mariner's compass ; it was 14 5/8" in diameter. Can an 1/8 of an inch make that much difference in the way the points turned out? There must be something else that I am doing wrong but for the life of me I can't figure it out. Here is my mariner's compass. I am worried that some points will be lost when I sew it onto the next section using a 1/4" seam. Some points are ok ; others are not

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PaolaRB You are going to have problems, points will be cut off when you add the road. The 1/4 inch will cut off some of your points. Sorry to tell you that, but
you might need to do some ripping. HelenW

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Mariners Compass 29 Jan 2021 12:12 #154218

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Happycamperx, Some foundation paper shrinks when it is pressed with a hot iron. If that's the case increase the document slightly when printing. If you didn't prewash your fabric it could also shrink. If you plan to remake the block leave extra background fabric at the outside edge and don't trim this edge until after the units are sewn together. Then use a circle marker to mark a circle with a 7 1/4" radius. Some of your points may be floating but that's better than having them chopped off.

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Mariners Compass 29 Jan 2021 11:57 #154217

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