I began working on piecing blocks for my other Parisville quilt this weekend, the one inspired by Fresh Lemons' Echino Squared (as as I tend to think of it Echino2). So far so good. Used my scissors, as per my last post, and happy with the way blocks looked in piecing- at least for the most part.
These look nice, I think. I decided to mix the fabrics, patterns and colors in the blocks to create some more interest and less uniformity. I think this may be where I got off track. I did it sort of off the cuff, so then when I pieced the blocks and then started laying them out, things were looking a bit off...
Exhibit A. What the....? This looks so odd to me. Granted, I pieced it last night just working kinda randomly to see what worked and how big it looked with 4 blocks by 5 blocks and how to arrange. But still. I did not love this layout at all, and didn't love how the blocks looked together.
So this morning I went back out and tried again, rearranged a few blocks, and got to wondering why some things looked off.
Exhibit B. I like this arrangement better, but I could use some help figuring out where I am going wrong. Do I need more white space? More careful arranging of the blocks for color coordination? Do I need to cut up some of the topiary fabric to make it work better? (NB: the topiary background is more cream than white.)
I'd love some assistance.
I think you need some more white space. There's quite a bit if it in the original one
ReplyDeleteI do agree that you should probably add more white, but other than that I'm afraid I'm not much help. Sorry! Are you trying to avoid doing the same arrangement as hers? I mean, with similar blocks going diagonally, but flipped? Does that even make sense?
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