Joy's Broken Compass

One word for this quilt - WOW! Joy did a BANG UP job on this intricate piece. Look at all those dramatic angles! Look at all those perfect points! I assume paper-piecing was involved, and I'm glad I wasn't the one who pieced it. But I'm SURE glad I got to quilt it!

I don't know what the pattern name is for this quilt, but the starburst shapes throughout remind me of half of a mariner's compass. So I'll nickname this quilt "Joy's Broken Compass". All the more punny, because most of the quilts Joy has brought me to work on were from her times on quilt cruises. I sure hope the cruise ships didn't have broken compasses! Ha!

Okay, enough for the corny humor. Joy told me to do whatever I wanted on this gorgeous piece. I went with dot-to-dot quilting in the center, along with some overlapping swirls, and some simple stitch-in-the-ditch. Double "wave border" in the light teal strips. Ribbon candy in the sky blue areas. More dot-to-dot ruler work in the blue and purple borders - which was VERY time-consuming, but I think stunning. I told Joy I wasn't sure I was ever gonna find my way out of this quilt. Maybe MY compass is broken! I'm sorry - it was just laying there waiting for me to make the joke. I'll stop now!

Notice the FINISHED binding on this piece. Joy brought me raw yardage fabric, and I turned it into a bound quilt, so that when she received it back, it was finished and ready to use. More info about binding options available on my Services & Pricing page, if you scroll to the bottom.