‘A simple combination of squares and rectangles makes this block easy to piece…’ For some, may be! This is the Chequer Square block, number 7 in the series from The Art of Quilting. For sure, it looked easy enough and I was quite looking forward to not having any triangles and points to line up. But I still messed up, doh!
I am trying really hard to ignore the misalignment as I proceed with the other blocks but it is really niggling and I might possibly go back and sort it out… but then again… who’s going to notice this in amongst the other 79 quilt blocks?! 😉 I guess that’s what handmade quilts are all about!
Block Facts:
Name:Â Chequer Square Block
History:Â Similar designs, of different dimensions but all based on a simple arrangement of squares and rectangles, can be found on some of the earliest surviving quilts.
Level:Â beginner
No. of pieces:Â 12
Progress report:
Block 1:Â The Double Four Patch
Block 2:Â The Whirlwind
Block 3:Â The Sailboat
Block 4: The Shoo-fly
Block 5:Â The Trafalgar
Block 6: The Windmill
Block 7:Â The Chequer Square
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Doesn’t it rip your tights when they say something is Beginner and it is hard! But then, you are absolutely right, the tiny misalignment is not going to factor and adds to the charm. 🙂 Oooh, when are you going to lay them out together and show us, its so exciting!!!
lol… truth is, its probably dead easy and I just got complacent as usual! I’ve set myself the mission of completing the first 10 before I ‘show and tell’!
So soon, then? 🙂
lol… next week probs! 🙂
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