Topstitching My Mariner's Compass Quilt

I've spent the past 2 days topstitching my mariner's compass quilt.  I HATE stitching in the ditch and decided I'll do it the way I want to.  I like the look of topstitching and love how it looks.

Here's what the topstitching looks like.  If you can't see it, just click on the picture.

From Blogger Pictures

Here's the entire quilt:

From Blogger Pictures

I need to figure out what to put inside the points. I have some ideas and will work with them in the next couple of days. I loved designing and piecing this quilt. It will be one of my favorites.

Mariner's Compass Quilt finalization designs

I played some more with my Mariner's Compass quilts today. I'm a little closer to what I want but still not there. It's one of those "I know exactly what I want; I'll know when I see it" things.

I was hoping hubby would take me to a fabric store about an hour away today but he can't. They have funky hours and with hubby sleeping days that makes it so much harder. Epilepsy just sucks.

I've also thought about doing a whole cloth quilt using the mariner's compass. I did figure out that I can print the quilt full size (70x70) on about a zillion sheets of paper. Then I can tape them together and transfer them to freezer paper. From freezer paper to fabric and then machine quilt. I have 25 yards of white fabric. I'd have to do some more quilting to fill in the empty spaces, but it would work. Most whole cloth quilts are all flowery. I like the geometrics of this.