Mariner's Compass Quilt Block

-Two nights ago, my husband used his techie skills and drew me a template for the Mariner's Compass Block I'd drafted for paper piecing.  It will be an 18" square block.  Tonight I started sewing the first quarter of the block.  I have each quarter divided into 4 pieces that are then sewn together...  The first two pieces took 35minutes each!  The next two took only 20min each... so a total of 110min for 1/4 of the block!  I hope its worth it...

So far its looking good... A comment on my iron... I have never had a problem using my iron with auto shut off - in fact while sewing clothing or other quilting I've thought it was great... but given my speed (or lack there of) quilting this block, my iron with auto shut off was really frustrating.  So I pulled out my tiny iron (I think its the one here) that I got as a gift a few years ago.  It works great, but I found it frustrating because the cord wouldn't stay plugged in -- I think I need an extension cord - or a different ironing setup...




For those interested I have also updated some photos on my scrapbooking blog...