Forget me not

One a month Angela over at soscrappy blog does a challenge where she throws out a color and you make a block or two or three with that color out of your scraps and at the end of the year end up with a rainbow quilt and an empty scap bin. It's very loose and fun by the looks and you can do as much or as little as you want. It's all about the sharing and doing. There is a link up every Saturday so you can see what others are doing.

Click on the button on the right side of my blog to check it out.

I thought I would do my favorite block each month which is the mariners compass. There are endless variations and for the first one I did the easiest. I like doing small art quilts so this finishes at 20” square.

I'm not that great at piecing as you can see my points aren't that great. (Notice the flower button strategically placed over where the points meet) lol! But perfect points are not the point here. (Pun intended)

I used the template method in this one from Judy Matheisons book that my mom gave to me back in 1987. I've kept it all these years because it not only taught me how to make my first compass. It is a great book even though it is now considered a “classic” - kind of like me ;-)

The forget me nots were added with inktense pencils. The blue matches the island batik scraps perfectly! I really like how the white on white quilting looks. I happened to be watching Leah Days sampler craftsy class while quilting this and she showed how to do echo paisley which worked great in these corners.

I need a name for this quilt though - any ideas?

 

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