Mariners Compass Workshop

Recently I took an online workshop (through the Miniatures Group of the Quilters Guild, UK).  Or at least, the first part and then some 'homework'.  Unfortunately I'm going to miss the second part of this class with Judi O'May, which is a shame, as I really enjoyed the first part, and would have enjoyed getting her tips on how to complete the compass!

Still, here are a couple of 'process' shots.

You can see that I had neat stacks of fabric pieces under card templates - all labelled up with what piece number it was (and how many I had to cut and which colour - there was a lot of info on some of those tiny peices!).

I meant that I could lift up the bits that I needed in order to apply them to the paper foundation pieces.

You can see the start of one of the segments here.

After about 8 hours work, I'd completed 8 segments of a mariners compass block.  

Are the perfect? Not quite.  But am I concerned? No, not at all! It still looks great to me.  Feels like years since I last made one, and I'm pretty sure that these 192 pieces of fabric show more points than I've attempted in the past!

I'll let you look at it again once I've made more progress!