One block wonder - layout option # 2
 

Here's another layout option ... no more Y LOL It's amazing how crooked it becomes after each block! I might have to start putting lines on my felt

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I think I like this better

Marion, your work is amazing! Any layout of this would be terrific.

I like this much better then the Y

I'm liking that much better--but how about on the blue hexie cubes having a diagonal line of 3 with one to the side like you show--I just like odd number stuff in designs.

Much better! But something about those cubes bothers me....is it that the dark piece is soooo dark it makes it pop out and drown the OBWs, instead of just transitioning into tha design element....don't know...but you have done a great job with this

I'm not sure what you mean ...

I have been watching your progress on these obw blocks and I loveeeeeeeee your colors and blocks! IMHO the cubes take away from the obw blocks and would look better in another project. I think your beautiful OBW blocks should shine on their own,as they don’t need any help at all! Can’t wait to see the finished quilt!

I thought that the first layout looked like a vase with flowers in it. I liked it.

yes, this lay out is a bit better. to me anyway. it all depends on what you want. lovely blocks!!

I love this layout. The colors are so great!

This layout is much better.

I also like this one better! Beautiful..

I like this layout! Interesting solution to the problem of the Y taking center stage.

Rob

I like this layout much better than the Y. It is beautiful. Nice colors.

This layout is better, but I'm kinda with the others who feel it looks like two different projects--a beautiful floral OBW and a cool cubes OBW. You said you don't want 2 quilts, though; how about a reversible, with the cubes on the back (although, IMO, the cubes deserve to star on their own right as a front).

I love this! It makes me think of someone excavating a wall in an old building-and discovering something underneath the initial surface. A true art piece!

I really like this layout. I might try moving some of the darker blocks from the lower left up by the blue cubes, although I don't know if it would be any better.

I think the cubes make this quilt sparkle. I really like them!

I don't care for those cites in it either. Find them distracting.

Better, but still doesn't work. Just my opinion. It is your quilt, remember.....so our opinions should not change your desire.

Thanks all! I will be trying another layout! I don't want two quilts LOL I see so many OBW with hexie cubes that I am bound and determined to find a layout that works!

Please keep posting comments / suggestions!

I find the cubes very distracting. Love the OBWs though.

Beautiful OBW. Personally, I would use only the 3 purple cubes and leave out the blue and green. That way you can show the cubes but not take away from the OBW but no matter what you decide to do it will be beautiful.

I,too, find the cubes distracting. I like the layout minus the cubes.

Me too. Lovely.

I like this much better.

This is much better than the first layout. Suggestions: First, I would spread the blue cubes in a more linear fashion similar to how you have the other cubes. Then I would look at movement with the purples. They just seem to be clumped together. Don't really know where they should go, but they are too weighted in one area. Since you are running linear lines with the cubes, maybe dancing line(s) with the purples would continue the theme. Center them more and let them lead to the cubes or gently caress the cubes. Wish I had some color ink in my printer, I would print out your picture, then cut all the cubes apart and lay them out on paper.

Now, I need to get off my sewing butt and make one myself. I have some fabric that I think would make a beautiful OBW. If I can dig it out....I will post a picture and let all you gals and guys say yea or nay.

I really like the look of hexie cubes in an OBW, but I'm still not feeling the bright blue ones in the top right corner. I do like the way the green and purple ones seem to be a part of the entire design. You're doing a great job and I love that you're posting your progress!

Love this layout better! Can't wait to see the entire quilt.

Much better than the Y version.

I can see the point some of the others have made with regard to the mix of the OBW hexies and the cubes looking at odds with each other. Wondering ... how about using the OBW hexies only in the main quilt, slap on a wide border of black, and use the cubes in the corners of the borders?

Good for you, trying to make the cubes work out in your OBW... they are cool. I think the problem with the blue cubes is that the dark is too dark, and the light is too light. They stand out too much from the other values in your quilt. You can use a little less contrast and still get the 3-D effect you want. Could you try finding a lighter dark, and a darker light? Just the blues. The others seem to be working fine.

I have to agree with Kassaundra, this is much better and flows much nicer. It leads my eye around the whole quilt instead of just to the middle. I am loving your colors by the way.

I think the OBWs and the cubes go together just fine. One thing I would do is move all those "stairway" pieces one hexie closer to the center. I think they are all too close to the edge. The green one isn't too bad, but the other two are touching the edge. You'll get it right. Just keep looking at it for a while.

Lovely just beautiful!

I like both the hexies and cubes together. For me it creates a balance and gives the eye something to see and something to rest on. Love your wonderful creation!

One block wonder
 

Pics of my one block wonder (hopefully I uploaded correctly), front and back. Back happened because I was short of fabric.

i like the idea of using only your purple blocks, and gradually change colors purple in bottom corner, up to green on one upper corner and blue the other corner, so the eye travels smoothly, transitioning from the dark purple to the blue and green. You could use the blue and green cubes floating in your backing possibly but that is like designing another quilt. Or possibly in a blue or green border if you’re adding one. I think using all 3color cubes is a bit much. Sometimes less is more. But just my opinion.

I like this one much better. Perhaps the blue blocks could be staggered up a bit more or add another block to have an odd number? They appear to be falling off the edge.

Ellen

If you want to have the cubes in it, why don't you use them in a border around the quilt. Finish the OBW's, square it up, put a small border on it which will finish the inner quilt pattern and use the cubes in the second wider border. The problem with this beautiful quilt is that the blocks make it look awkward and thrown together like two different unfinished projects. Each beautiful but not complimentary to the other. Please try another approach and I think you will be much happier with your finished product. It is your quilt though and it is beautiful as it is but it could really be a show stopper if you reconsidered those blocks in the middle of it. IMHO

I concur with many of the responders on the board: it looks like two different projects and I don't think they go together well.

Very nice! I like this one so much better than the Y layout! I was not convinced that I liked the cubes mixed with those obws in the other layout but in this layout they look perfect! Love the gradation you have done as well.