Originally Posted by paulswalia
I've been called round, or Rubinesque - but never square!
I don't like square quilts because I'm not shaped that way and my husband is over 6 feet, so I prefer rectangular so they are longer than they are wide. Why are so many partterns made square?
Pecularly. because people expect the quilt to hang down both sides of a bed, and at the bottom, sometimes, the side to side width equals the top to bottom length.
Also if the number of blocks is the same for length and width, it is going to make a square, which is easier not to make mistakes on....since every side is the same, all four lengths are the same for construction.
It also often can be turned any way when it is on the bed.