Making the Checks and Balances quilt your own
from Stitch and Yarn
Pictured above is the original Checks and Balances quilt. I don't know what it is about this pattern but for me it inspires play – I'm constantly coming up with new options for it.
I think I've made five or six versions now and I decided that instead of continuing to make them myself, I'd show you the ideas, so you can use them with the pattern as the basis for your own quilts and I can get on to other designs!
The original Checks and Balances works in vertical columns of colour that are randomly placed ...
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