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This weekend was sewing weekend with my quilt club.  These are the blocks that I'm working on and this is the layout from the book. I love making the blocks but I'm not loving the quilt so far. But I persevered and made even more blocks this weekend. I'm thinking of this quilt as a possible king size to gift to a friend who loves green.  The other quilters and I talked about some different options. One was to make a square block instead of the rectangle from the pattern. I laid these blocks out alternating the orientation of the block and arranging them in a light to dark gradient based on the green frames. If it becomes king sized then this would be 1/4 of the quilt with the lower left corner as the center.  This is sort of the same thing but in columns. I kind of like the columns. I then took both of these photos and roughly cropped and arranged them to see how it might look as a whole quilt.   I think this has some possibilities and I think I like the one in alternating squares better than the vertical stripes. What do you think?
I'm going to play around in EQ a bit. I'm getting to the point that I do need to know how many blocks I need to make. Although extra blocks can always be made into veterans quilts. This week I have a few more coaster sets to make and them I'll get on to working on the last Christmas gift that doesn't actually have to be done by Christmas. 12/14/2020 04:17:00 pm
Because you asked - I like the one in alternating squares better than the vertical stripes, too - ;))
laceflower
12/15/2020 11:31:26 am
me too.
Mary Anne
12/14/2020 06:10:22 pm
I'm voting for alternating, but what do I know?
Rebecca
12/14/2020 06:17:45 pm
I like the alternating squares, too. The radiating color works better with that, as well as having rythm and keeping the eye moving. 12/14/2020 09:18:28 pm
I like both but probably like the alternating squares best. The vertical stripes might look better on a smaller quilt.
Gayle Troccoli
12/15/2020 06:53:54 am
I like the alternating squares. More interesting. I agree with another commenter that the vertical would be nice in a smaller quilt. They are both beautiful because the fabrics are beautiful. 12/15/2020 09:37:55 am
OMG, I love the alternating squares version. When I saw the first photo, I thought it was very cool. Then when you said you weren't sure you liked it, I was horrified - what's not to like??? Then as I scrolled down and saw the gradient king size version, just WOW! You really have something here, don't give up on it.
Claire
12/15/2020 12:25:21 pm
I agree with everyone about the alternating squares. It's more interesting. The columns are more subdued.
Kristin F
12/15/2020 12:47:58 pm
Though I like the original layout and the columns, I like the square version best. Your EQ layout with all 4 quadrants looks great, with the lighter center and darker edges.
Andrea in MO
12/19/2020 10:41:13 am
Looks like I'm in the minority, but I like the columns layout more than the squares. I would like to see what the columns look like with a half drop repeat. Honestly, though, I think both of them look nice. Comments are closed.
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I'm Vicki Welsh and I've been making things as long as I can remember. I used to be a garment maker but transitioned to quilts about 20 years ago. Currently I'm into fabric dyeing, quilting, Zentangle, fabric postcards, fused glass and mosaic. I document my adventures here. Categories
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