More Marbles!

I'm enjoying documenting all of my Spirograph-like motifs on my quilt. In many of these photos it appears that the stitching doesn't show well. Trust me, they do show up. The thread is very shiny but the camera is flattening it out.

Last week Carolyn asked what I'm using to mark the circles. I use a mechanical chalk pencil like this one. Most of the chalk marks come off with the stitching but the rest will wash out easily.

Let's get on with today's marbles:

This one is hard to explain. I marked 15 points on the outside and 15 points on a small center circle. Using the circle ruler I connected and outer point to the corresponding point on the center circle and the stitched to the next point over on the outer circle. At the end I connected the center points with a small circle. I'm not totally thrilled with the outcome but I"m treating this quilt as a sampler so this design stays with all of the rest.

12 points, 8 x 3 oval ruler, skipping 5 using the ruler on both sides of the ruler foot. I used the tip to scallop the edges.

9 sections, straight edge and 2 circles skipping 4 spaces

5 sections, 7 rulers skipping 1 space

12 sections, outside motif uses 3.5" ruler skipping 4 spaces, inside uses 7 points skipping 2.

This is my favorite of today's batch. 7 sections with 2 rulers (I left a circle ruler out of the photo) the finished off by echoing the edge.