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Volume 1 ONLY
Extensive Construction help by Judy Mathieson included on the CD

• How to Paper Piece a Mariner's Compass Block with Freezer Paper Foundations with Judy's tips for constructing Mariner's Compass Blocks with excellent step-by-step photographs.

• The library has a very complete set of Mariner Compass Blocks (133 in total) from simple designs with 4 points to complex designs with 64 points, including several that are off centered and a library section called new directions with some very interesting options included (see screen shot above for new directions library).
  • Judy Matheison writes: "This CD-ROM contains the patterns from the two books that I have written and they are presented with the same names as in the books."
  • There are multiple Bonus Blocks included to enrich this CD even further!
• The Mariner's Compass screen saver includes photograph of many of Judy's famous Mariner's Compass Quilts and is treat all by itself!

Volume 1 and 2

• The Mariner's Compass CD includes the ability to print both traditional templates and foundation piecing patterns for each block.
• Using the Block Factory printing capabilities you can customize each block by resizing, distorting by changing to rectangle block, flip horizontally or vertically, or mirror block for iron-on.

Volume 2

• Smaller set of instruction on how to piece the mariners compass foundation sections
• Pictures in the the Review below uses Volume 2 Blocks

Mariner Compass Volume 1 & 2 Review

by Sharla Hicks © 2008

The Mariner Compass CDs are stand alone block library programs (no drawing tools) that are designed to print blocks, Templates and foundation paper piecing blocks quickly and easily.

If you own Quilt-Pro for WIndows or Mac, when the program is installed the option to add the Mariners Compass blocks to your Quilt-Pro block library is offered using the Quilt-Pro File manager (version 3 or higher)

Operations:

Simple, everything you need is on one screen. Clicking on self-explanatory menus, buttons and blocks leads you to the next step.

Four simple steps and you are ready to start selecting fabric and piecing!

1. Use the block menu

3. Select the block to print. Block highlights in blue.

4. Select your print options by selecting one of three buttons: Templates, Foundation or Print.

5. Templates and Foundation allows the selection of Block size.

Square: check Keep Proportion
OR
Rectangle: uncheck Keep Proportion

Print Templates

After selecting Block size the ability to select ONLY those Templates that are Unique appears

Print Foundations

Printing Foundation allows you to Select measurements choice

The ablity to print Foundation Sections on separate pages keeps you from having to tape pages together*
*Exception: Section is larger than paper size

Print a Copy of Overall Block Using the following Print Choice

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