Originally Posted by
Peckish
I wouldn't call this a "rule", per se, more of a helpful suggestion when you're stuck. It's called the Fibonacci sequence, or the Golden Rule.
Thanks Peckish. That's the sort of thing I had in mind - whether there are proportions that are generally held to produce results that will be pleasing to the eye. In years of quilting, I'd never come across anything like that, though I've heard of the Golden Rule as applied in architecture, but it's always interesting to hear about other quilters' approaches and views.