Suggestions for block placement
#1
Junior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 184
Suggestions for block placement
I am about to begin the "Jo's Floral Album" quilt and was hoping to get a bit of advice on the block placement.
I'm attaching a picture of the quilt so you will know what I'm talking about.
This will be a wall quilt and it is driving me crazy that some of the blocks will be upside down and on their sides while it is displayed on a wall. I'm thinking of placing the blocks all in the same way (uprights for a lack of a better word). If I do this it will mean I need to alter the 4 corner blocks as they would be too tall (since, for example, they will not be going from bottom left corner to upper right corner).
Will I ruin the quilt if I do it this way? I know there isn't any rules you have to stick with, but I certainly don't want to do this quilt and possibly enter it into a quilt show to have someone say "why did the quilter mess up with the block layout?".
Thanks so much for your help/advice!!!
Suzanne in VT
I'm attaching a picture of the quilt so you will know what I'm talking about.
This will be a wall quilt and it is driving me crazy that some of the blocks will be upside down and on their sides while it is displayed on a wall. I'm thinking of placing the blocks all in the same way (uprights for a lack of a better word). If I do this it will mean I need to alter the 4 corner blocks as they would be too tall (since, for example, they will not be going from bottom left corner to upper right corner).
Will I ruin the quilt if I do it this way? I know there isn't any rules you have to stick with, but I certainly don't want to do this quilt and possibly enter it into a quilt show to have someone say "why did the quilter mess up with the block layout?".
Thanks so much for your help/advice!!!
Suzanne in VT
#2
Power Poster
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 41,463
If you plan to use it as a Wallhanging, putting all the blocks facing up will look nice. I notice in the picture that they have placed all the vases facing the center block and it looks nice too. Totally up to you.
#7
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Florida
Posts: 5,896
You're right, the corner blocks are taller since they run from corner to corner. I would make the center and the middle blocks first. That should give you enough experience to modify the corner blocks. Then place them all the same direction. Especially since it's a wall hanging. Looks like a great pattern to make a smaller Baltimore Album quilt. Thanks for posting.