Block placement suggestions?
 

These are from a swap I did on another board. I really hate to go to all the trouble of putting strips between them, so wondered about sewing them together without sashing. I'll probably do a double border as these are 12" blocks. What do you think? And any advice as to placement would be greatly appreciated. This will be a charity quilt, so I don't want to put a lot of extra work into it.
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Ooh.. I want to play with them! Bring them to me.

When I squint, I see that the four blocks in the upper right hand corner are all dark, while the middle blocks in the bottom two rows are all light. Maybe you could switch a couple blocks in those two groups around somehow?

I would bite the bullet and put a light color sashing between...it would set off and distinguish the patterns. Right now they all seem to merge into dark blocks. Not meant as offense...just mho. But your quilt-- your choice!

Personally I think you would have an easier job of putting those blocks together with a sashing & corner stones. Then a small border with the corner stone colour & a wider border the same colour as the sashings. You have some lovely blocks but they won't show to the best advantage without some definition between them. IMHO

If you are sure you don't want sashings, I think your layout of the blocks is fine, the way you have the 2 light ones placed looks balanced to me. Have fun!

well here's one I did with no sashings and no border. wish I'd at least added a border!

Due to the size and colors I would do table toppers. Even with sashing, that would be too small for a quilt for me to keep.

I'm with Tartan, the cheddar color would look great on your quilt. Sashing would frame each block and keep them from running on with each other. The mind's eye tries to make a pattern and sashing says the block is the pattern.

i'd love to see sashings to show off each of those great blocks

Personally, I would put sashing between them, mainly to "lighten" up.

If it were mine I would use sashing to frame each block.

Totally agree with others that it needs sashing to set each block in its best light, and I concur with Tartan on the cheddar color. That said, I understand that it's more work for a quilt going to charity. But charity means love, so perhaps thinking of it as a labor of love will remove your dread of sashing?

OK -- I will bow to the collective wisdom here and put 1-1/2" sashing between the blocks with a narrow border. But no cornerstones -- too fussy for me at this point. Although I do agree brownish cornerstones would set it off nicely. Not sure I have any cheddar, but I do have a nice deep gold blender that should work. Thanks for your input. I hope to get it done this week and I'll post a pic in the pictures section.

I would use sashes and cornerstones to break it up and larger borders to make it bigger.

I also vote for sashings :) But if you do not want to go into the work of sashings and have a large supply of solids in these colors you could stagger them with strips of bricks or solid blocks .

http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...s-t232347.html the forth quilt down shows skinny sashings and small corner stones. looks good with the blocks.

Thank you for your input. I can't make it too large since it is a charity quilt for a nursing home -- 55" is the widest, and that is pushing it, so with 1" finished sashings and a narrow border, it will be just right.

I agree it needs a light colored sashing