Finding Your Quilting True North
About this episode
Robin Long shares her innovative strip-piecing method for creating a Mariner’s Compass quilt without paper piecing.
Send us feedback about this episode! The Mariner’s Compass is a striking quilt block, but its sharp points and intricate construction can make even experienced quilters hesitate. Robin Long of Robin Ruth Design has found a better way. In this episode, Robin shares how her desire to make a Mariner’s Compass quilt for her submarine-officer husband inspired an innovative strip-piecing method with no paper piecing required. She shares how she came up with the idea, how it eventually became a thri...
People in this episode
Host: Janet Szabo
Guest: Robin Long
Topics covered
- quilt block
- strip-piecing method
- Mariner’s Compass quilt
- quilting techniques
- fiber arts
Keywords
- quilting
- Mariner’s Compass
- strip-piecing
- Robin Ruth Design
- fiber arts
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Robin Ruth Design
Books & works: Mariner’s Compass
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