"I like the screaming parts the best."

If I were you, I'd cut more strips, enough for sets of 3 the same, and mix
it up a bit. That is, have 5 sets of 3 compasses the same, and play with
layout after that. Yes, that means doing 2 extra. Or not. Have 1 set of 5,
then 2 sets of 3 and a set of 4 the same. or have one maverick, and 3 sets
of 3, plus the original 5.

Oh, I've confused you now with numbers.

"I like it when they run."

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Wendy
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"the black rose" wrote in message
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Making a quilt for my youngest son, it's a whooooooooole lotta 15"
mariner's compasses, I've gotta pic of one at
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...43983978WWVbdx . My
original plan was to applique them into 16.5" squares, and set the
squares on point, 4 rows of 3 alternating with 3 rows of 2 (which equals
18 compasses).

I've made 5, and now I'm bored. *Now* I realize I should have varied
the colors I used, but I wasn't thinking. This many compasses, that
many strips of this fabric, this many strips of that fabric, yada yada,
it's all pre-cut now (I was being efficient), and the strips are
different widths (1.5", 1.75", 2.25") so I can't just mix and match.

Do I struggle through the rest of the 18 compasses, or do I throw
caution to the winds (and the precut strips into my scrap stash) and
improvise? Five compasses is enough to do *something* with.... just
make some nice wide borders or something, or maybe take some of the
strips and make some other kind of block to set with the compasses.

Or I *could* gird my loins, grit my teeth, turn on the TV and just keep
sewing. And it'll be an awesome quilt if I do.

*sigh* Decisions, decisions....

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the black rose, wench with a wrench
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