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BLOCK OF THE MONTH - BOM
BOM 2021 - Color My World
MARINER'S COMPASS-ASK QUESTIONS HERE
Enjoy "Color My World" by Wendy Williams - This beautiful quilt is constructed of soft and textural shot cottons from Windham fabrics on a richly patterned background. It offers so many opportunities for personalization through both embellishment and quilting- you could add house numbers, decorations, people, pets, garden flowers- there are so many ways to make this quilt truly your own!

Let's use this Topic "Color My World Show and Tell" as a place to show off your beautiful work. That way, you know where to come to see what everyone is doing.

The topics that apply to each month are a good place to ask questions or make suggestions for each block.

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TOPIC: MARINER'S COMPASS-ASK QUESTIONS HERE

MARINER'S COMPASS-ASK QUESTIONS HERE 31 Jan 2021 15:03 #154320

What size does the Mariner's compass finish?
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MARINER'S COMPASS-ASK QUESTIONS HERE 31 Jan 2021 15:01 #154319

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I found a marker set that had a color to match almost every color in the kit. I printed out a whole bunch of the compass images and started playing. This is the color combo I landed with and the colors are all true so I have a great idea where I will come out.

I am excited to sew this up now.
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MARINER'S COMPASS-ASK QUESTIONS HERE 31 Jan 2021 14:02 #154314

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baerbel.sch wrote:
my points look awful, allthough I tried to sew very close to the paper and press properly. What did I do wrong?

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Baerbel, Could you show a picture of the back side of your block?
What size does your block measure for the diameter?
If you know how to paper piece with paper I would try making one that way to see if it is more accurate for you. HelenW
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MARINER'S COMPASS-ASK QUESTIONS HERE 31 Jan 2021 13:59 #154313

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baerbel.sch wrote:
my points look awful, allthough I tried to sew very close to the paper and press properly. What did I do wrong?

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Baebel, Look at these three pictures. If your seams are too narrow, the points will extend into the seam allowance at the outside curved edge. Rip out to the wedges of the bad
points and baste stitch experimenting to see when the points end 1/4 away from the outside edge. Luckily you have a lot of time before we get the month assignment. HelenW

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MARINER'S COMPASS-ASK QUESTIONS HERE 31 Jan 2021 12:02 #154310

baerbel.sch wrote:
my points look awful, allthough I tried to sew very close to the paper and press properly. What did I do wrong?
[/quote] See this answer given to someone with similar problems. If the wedge patterns were the correct size, and trimming was accurate, the problem comes when joining the wedges together. Measure the pattern to be sure piece F measures 7" finished. Then check each outer point as you join each pair of wedges together: https://thequiltshow.com/forum/bom-2021-color-my-world/9432-mariners-compass#154215[attachment=17952]

See this answer given to someone with similar problems. If the wedge patterns were the correct size, and trimming was accurate, the problem comes when joining the wedges together. Measure the pattern to be sure piece F measures 7" finished. Then check each outer point as you join each pair of wedges together:

thequiltshow.com/forum/bom-2021-color-my-world/9432-mariners-compass#154215

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MARINER'S COMPASS-ASK QUESTIONS HERE 31 Jan 2021 11:23 #154306

my points look awful, allthough I tried to sew very close to the paper and press properly. What did I do wrong?

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MARINER'S COMPASS-ASK QUESTIONS HERE 30 Jan 2021 20:09 #154295

heidimunk wrote:
Is there enough fabric in our quilt kit that we can make the compass a rainbow compass from the kit fabric, or will I need to match up as best as I can from my stash to have the rainbow compass? The blues are pretty, but I am just not a monochromatic compass person. Thank you in advance!

Yes, there is enough, the rainbow colors don’t use a lot of fabric.

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MARINER'S COMPASS-ASK QUESTIONS HERE 30 Jan 2021 18:33 #154290

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Is there enough fabric in our quilt kit that we can make the compass a rainbow compass from the kit fabric, or will I need to match up as best as I can from my stash to have the rainbow compass? The blues are pretty, but I am just not a monochromatic compass person. Thank you in advance!
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MARINER'S COMPASS-ASK QUESTIONS HERE 30 Jan 2021 09:41 #154247

Libbi, that was an error in the instructions. The Large pieces are only for piece F.

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MARINER'S COMPASS-ASK QUESTIONS HERE 30 Jan 2021 09:34 #154246

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bbquiltmaker wrote:
Libbi wrote:
I am confused about the cutting instructions for the large, 3" x 8" pieces for each color. According to the instructions I should have 4 light and 4 dark. I make all of one piece and then go on to piece #2. But as I read the instructions for piece # 1 steps 6 & 7, I use a large piece of each color. If I make 4 of piece #1, I've used all 4 of each color before I start piece #2. The same happens with piece #2. Am I reading something incorrectly? It's important to me because I have a very limited amount of my light color.

The cutting instructions are accurate. In both my blog and the Month 2 video I explained the 8”x 3” pieces, 4 light, 4 dark, are used for piece F, the large colored piece on each wedge—there are 8 wedges. All the remaining points are made from the smaller pieces, 6” x 2”, 12 light, 12 dark.

I now believe the cutting instructions are accurate but in my opinion step 6 that states to use a large piece for "e" is inaccurate. A small piece works just fine.


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MARINER'S COMPASS-ASK QUESTIONS HERE 30 Jan 2021 09:31 #154245

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Thanks, Barb. Although I DID watch the video, I somehow missed that part.
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MARINER'S COMPASS-ASK QUESTIONS HERE 30 Jan 2021 09:30 #154244

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quiltingmidwife wrote:
Libbi wrote:
I am confused about the cutting instructions for the large, 3" x 8" pieces for each color. According to the instructions I should have 4 light and 4 dark. I make all of one piece and then go on to piece #2. But as I read the instructions for piece # 1 steps 6 & 7, I use a large piece of each color. If I make 4 of piece #1, I've used all 4 of each color before I start piece #2. The same happens with piece #2. Am I reading something incorrectly? It's important to me because I have a very limited amount of my light color.

I cut all my pieces at the beginning and found I only had enough of some of the pieces for half the circle, so had to cut more. Like you, I was restricted on how much light fabric I had so had to re-think a bit!
I find that using a small piece for "e" rather than a large piece works for me. I will have 4 large pieces of my light for all the "f" in piece #2.


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MARINER'S COMPASS-ASK QUESTIONS HERE 30 Jan 2021 09:27 #154243

Libbi wrote:
I am confused about the cutting instructions for the large, 3" x 8" pieces for each color. According to the instructions I should have 4 light and 4 dark. I make all of one piece and then go on to piece #2. But as I read the instructions for piece # 1 steps 6 & 7, I use a large piece of each color. If I make 4 of piece #1, I've used all 4 of each color before I start piece #2. The same happens with piece #2. Am I reading something incorrectly? It's important to me because I have a very limited amount of my light color.

The cutting instructions are accurate. In both my blog and the Month 2 video I explained the 8”x 3” pieces, 4 light, 4 dark, are used for piece F, the large colored piece on each wedge—there are 8 wedges. All the remaining points are made from the smaller pieces, 6” x 2”, 12 light, 12 dark.

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MARINER'S COMPASS-ASK QUESTIONS HERE 30 Jan 2021 09:27 #154242

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quiltingmidwife wrote:
Libbi wrote:
I am confused about the cutting instructions for the large, 3" x 8" pieces for each color. According to the instructions I should have 4 light and 4 dark. I make all of one piece and then go on to piece #2. But as I read the instructions for piece # 1 steps 6 & 7, I use a large piece of each color. If I make 4 of piece #1, I've used all 4 of each color before I start piece #2. The same happens with piece #2. Am I reading something incorrectly? It's important to me because I have a very limited amount of my light color.

I cut all my pieces at the beginning and found I only had enough of some of the pieces for half the circle, so had to cut more. Like you, I was restricted on how much light fabric I had so had to re-think a bit!

Ditto, here. I am using my own fabrics for this BOM and, fortunately, have plenty of extra fabric to cut more. I am curious, though, if the three of us misread the cutting directions or if there was an error in the cutting directions. Aside from this slight snag, I am thoroughly enjoying this BOM and am already looking forward to the March pattern & instructions for Houses #3 and #4 :)
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