Originally Posted by MommaDorian
I wish there was a way to see what 12+ blocks of the same would look like together. I did a block yesterday that I'd like to make more of. But, the colors are a bit bold. I'd hate to make them all and then decide it was too much. kwim?
There is a way to see what a single block will look like multiplied into many blocks.
It is a little viewer made of plastic, it has a eyepiece you look into and the other end is multifacted plastic, made to imitate what a inscet's eye sees. It is clear with no color, but optically multiplies one image into many, all set in rows like a geometric quilt top.
I use mine all the time, saves an enormous amount of time!
They sell them at the shops in science museums, for one place, and maybe touristic novelty shops.?
I am sorry, I do not know the name of the viewer or what it is known by...
google your local science museum store...or if you are way way off in the boonies, ask the local high school biology teacher, if they have a catalog with one in it you can order from? and maybe thank them for their assistance with something nice!