A Rainbow Checkerboard
Diagonal Challenge #1 There are six challenges to be posted on the Official HAED Facebook page this year. The first challenge involved stitching 1000 stitches in 10x10 diagonal blocks. I pulled out Rainbow Girl for this and it was nice to change things up and work differently to normal! A Game of Chess! I don't usually park but it made sense to do so when working in blocks. Even though lines are not meant to form working diagonally, I still felt slightly apprehensive about the possibly of this happening. I figured parking may lessen the risk by helping to even out the tension between squares. Before: After: Although I kind of like the checkerboard effect, overall I didn’t take to this way of stitching and found it more time consuming than my usual preferred cross country method. I didn’t enjoy being confined to working in blocks... Having to stay in the box drove me crazy lol! I did like the fact I wasn’t reaching for floss b...