Mariner's Compass Quilt

I made this quilt top in a class by Brenda Hennings at a Santa Clara Valley Quilt Guild class in 2009.  I finally machine quilted it in August 2012.  It will hang with its "sister" quilt, Cosmati Rings, in my staircase.

 

Morning light showcasing the quilting.

 

I made two different smaller compasses in opposite corners.  I used a pebble background quilt motif.

 



 

The other small compass is a pinwheel design.

 



 

I quilted lines coming out of the medallion compass and ending in swirls at each corner.

 

 

In the purple batik triangles, I quilted a different compass design.