Patterns and plaids

I love the ripples on this half sewn quilt. I've sewn the blocks into rows but not the rows to each other, so the connecting threads between the rows are causing this ripple effect as it hangs over my ironing board.
Over the Christmas holidays, I used up pre-cut bricks and squares to make a scrappy Scot's Plaid quilt, either for a donation blanket or as a comfort quilt to a friend in need. I took a break from my studies and work yesterday to start sewing it together. If you look carefully, you can see words on the light squares. They're from those pre-printed panels with the instruction printed right on the fabric. I cut up all the instructions and used them to make this quilt more interesting.

Here's another view of the same thing. I won't be finishing this until I get the another paper written, so I'll just admire it this way for now.