Today's Quilter - UK (2020-05)

Youwillneed

QStarfishPearl– 13insquare

QStripePearl– 10inx 8in

QStripeDarkOcean– 19inx 8in

QCowesSand– 12inx 8in

QWovenTexture Dark Ocean – 8in

square

QSeabirdsPearl– 12insquare

QFusiblewebforappliqué

QLightweightinterfacing or paper for

foundationpiecing

QTe m p l a t e s (s e e Te m p l a t e s s e c t i o n)

Finishedsize

Q12in square

Notes

QFabricrequirementsareforboththe

Mariner’sCompass and British Isles

blocks.

QThefabricrequirementsarea little

generoustoallowroomformanoeuvre

whenpositioningtheprints when

foundationpiecing.

QConsidertheprint directionality

carefully.

QFPPtemplatesare a mirror image of the

finished block.

Cuttingout

1

Forthefoundation piecing, cut

asfollows:

QFromStarfishPearl,cutthe13in

squareinhalfvertically,horizontally

andalongeachdiagonal to make

eight(8)triangles.

QFromStripePearl, cut four (4) 2in

x 8inpieces.

QFromStripeDarkOcean, cut four

(4) 2 inx 8inpieces.

QFromCowesSand,cuttwo(2)8inx

2inandtwo(2)2inx 8inpieces in

dierentorientations.

QFromWovenTextureDarkOcean,

cut four (4) 2in x 8in pieces.

Makingtheblock

2

Tracefour(4)eachof the

foundationtemplatesA andB and

theirseamallowancesontolightweight

interfacing(notfusible)orStitch-n-

Tear,orsimplyphotocopythemonto

thincopypaper.Thefoundationpaper

onwhichthelinesaredrawnis

actually the wrong side of your work.

3

Makesureyouplantheposition

ofdirectionalprintscarefullyto

keep them consistent. To help this Fig 1

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