Checkmate Free Quilt Pattern by Wendy Sheppard
Checkmate Free Quilt Pattern by Wendy Sheppard
Description:
Checkmate places two of each chess piece into a twelve-block quilt: kings, queens, bishops, knights, rooks and pawns. The appliqued shapes sit inside pieced sashing with contrasting cornerstones. An inner border and a wider outer border surround the four block rows. Wendy Sheppard designed this intermediate Game Night quilt to finish at 61 by 75 inches, and the pattern includes full-size templates for all six chess-piece shapes with raw-edge tracing lines.
Designer:
Wendy Sheppard
From:
Windham Fabrics
About This Free Pattern
This free quilt pattern was designed by Wendy Sheppard for Windham Fabrics.
This project is marked intermediate and uses applique.
The finished quilt measures 61.0 x 75.0.
Download the pattern to review the full cutting instructions, diagrams, and sewing steps before you begin.
Checkmate Free Quilt Pattern by Wendy Sheppard quilt pattern summary
- Prepare the chess-piece shapes using the templates and applique two of each shape onto the background squares.
- Piece the horizontal and vertical sashing strips and make the contrasting framed cornerstones.
- Arrange the chess blocks in four rows of three, add the sashing rows and surround the center with both borders.
- Layer the top with batting and backing, baste and quilt, then join and attach the binding strips.