Wednesday, 15 June 2011

New York Mariner

It would appear I have created a block - my little quilt for the Brit Quilt Swap came into my head as a merger of New York Beauty and Mariner's Compass - I hadn't thought of naming it until Gayle brought the subject up yesterday......so I have named it New York Mariner.
I have had so many lovely, positive comments about this little quilt that I thought I would share the pattern with you - the three large segments are three x 9" blocks and the little compass is four x 4.5" blocks.
My first ideas for this were sketched and then I hit EQ6 - I didn't start there as I knew I wanted to insert the compasses into squares rather than circles, and I couldn't find just what I wanted ready made on EQ6, but after I had made my preliminary sketch on paper I hit my laptop and came up with the necessary design to go ahead. I have made the patterns available HERE & HERE.Remember before you print a PDF file you should resize it to 100%. All the blocks are foundation pieced and if you decide to have a go, I strongly advise marking in all your colours on all the pattern segments - saves a lot of confusion.
While I was preparing the blocks, I played a bit more.................
 
Or how about this..... 
You could have lots of fun with this block design..........
Posted by Sheila at 1:23 pm

17 comments:

  1. Unknown15 June 2011 at 13:27

    Sheila - this is fantastic - you could create a super quilt, in particular with the second of your designs (just think of the FMQ you could do in the centre and around the sides) - superb

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  2. Gayle15 June 2011 at 13:38

    Oh, my goodness, Sheila - you are a New York Beauty Mariners STAR!! Thank you for posting this pattern.

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  3. Lynne (Lily's Quilts)15 June 2011 at 13:59

    This is a great pattern and I love the second variation you posted too - that is amazing - the quilt you have made is really wonderful - I don't know if it's coming to me or if Trudi's is but it is fabulous and I will be thrilled if it's for me!

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  4. suzan almond15 June 2011 at 14:29

    Thank you very much for making this available - I love your quilt and hope to use the patterns sometime !

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  5. StuffandThings15 June 2011 at 15:22

    Wow! I love the variations. Thank you for the downloads.

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  6. StuffandThings15 June 2011 at 15:24

    Wow! I love the variations. Thank you for the downloads.

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  7. Leanne15 June 2011 at 15:28

    Thank you for sharing the pattern! I expect there is one of these in my immediate future.

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  8. Catherine15 June 2011 at 17:29

    what a fantastic pattern, thanks for sharing with us!

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  9. Marjorie's Busy Corner15 June 2011 at 18:48

    I can't say enough about this pattern....love it!! You did a wonderful job with it...I love both set ups; but am leaning toward the second one. thank you for this pattern...

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  10. Manda15 June 2011 at 19:01

    Fabulous! Especially love the 2nd variation!

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  11. Unknown15 June 2011 at 21:37

    I so love this quilt ... and the genius thing of colouring the segments may just have unlocked my whole foundation piecing fear ... I can't wait to have some time to try ... thank you ..

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  12. Pat V.16 June 2011 at 00:42

    Oh, Sheila, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for sharing this pattern! I have loved it from the first moment I saw it!

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  13. H16 June 2011 at 17:40

    I love all the variations. I have a book on mariner compass stars and you've inspired me to dig it out and have another look! Thank you for sharing.

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  14. MollyEliza17 June 2011 at 23:49

    Oh Sheila it is gorgeous but there are so many pointy bits!!!!

    I love the first quilt idea but it hurt my brain!

    Maureen xx

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  15. Miki Willa19 June 2011 at 20:11

    This is a fantastic block. Thank you so much for sharing the patterns. I really like the pattern they created in the last sketch. I look forward to giving this pattern a try.

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  16. Rosy Dustbins20 June 2011 at 09:19

    Super design, Sheila! I have downloaded the pattern (VERY optimistically!) But the original and the variations are irresistible. Well done!

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  17. Ruth21 June 2011 at 08:07

    This is gorgeous! I love the design with the large pendant type design in the centre! But both are wonderful!

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