Chequerboard

Yesterday I embarked on quilting the chequerboard quilt. I never look forward to quilting but I found myself enjoying doing the Mad March Hare quilt and started on Chequerboard while the iron was hot.

Ready to start

Doing the verticals

Chequerboard

Well the chequers weren't quite as mindless as I expected. My clever wheeze of taking a colour and then combining it with other colours till I ran out meant it was hard to separate the same or similar colours. And the brighter lighter ones upset the look I was going for. So I made some darker ones in new colours from the back of the drawer though these too upset the balance. I left in three and fewer light ones and now I love it although it's much more wayward than I anticipated.

Sections laid out ready to join

Very pleased