Thinking Inside the Box

Here's another group of designs that can be used for a paper quilt wall hanging.  All of them are based on a checkerboard design with slight variations on that simple pattern.  These variations can create more interesting and sometimes challenging patterns which allows for participation at various skill levels.

The most basic checkerboard design shown is made more complex by doing an X pattern with a second color inside the uncolored squares.  For even greater complexity sections of the X squares can be colored in, which was done in some of the sample squares.

The dark blue pattern is simply straight horizontal lines intersected by wavy vertical lines.  The green and blue design has the vertical lines going off at a slant.  Both of these designs provide larger spaces for coloring in but could be made more challenging by drawing the lines closer together.

The orange designs has both the horizontal and the vertical lines drawn on a slant, with the white space decorated with a circle.  Triangles, squares, stars, or simple stamps could also be used to decorate the uncolored squares. 

The sample shown is simply a piece of card stock divided in four with designs made with markers.   Remember to keep it simple, create community as you create your designs, and sometimes know that it's alright to think inside the box.