Now that the panels are connected, you get a good idea of the final quilt. I chose a wool batting, because everything so far has been all natural (no polyester), and I wanted it to be warm and beefy for the cold nights camping out at the race tracks. This is the home stretch, checkered flag in site! Speaking of which, no checkered flags on my quilt. Too cliched for a motorsports-related man-quilt.
I'll share this with you all: I'm sometimes superstitious, and I had a pair of checkered flag socks that I used to wear to work on my Fridays. You know, to commemorate the finish line at work, and maybe bring me some luck. It was effective for a few weeks, so I took it up a notch and got matching checkered flag briefs. Then one Friday I had a bad time at work while wearing them, and decided their luck ran out, so I took them out of the rotation.