One of the simpler versions of last week’s sketch really appealed to me, but I wanted to try it with a diagonal (on-point) layout. That’s not possible in Excel (I don’t think!), so I moved across to Electric Quilt to develop the idea further.

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I can’t remember what inspired this week’s sketch (I’m sure something did), but I immediately fired up Microsoft Excel to get the design from my head onto the screen. For designs with stripes and squares, particularly when the layout is a little unusual, I often find Excel easier and quicker to use than Electric Quilt 8.

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