Sunnie

I saw a very similar scrappy version somewhere (possibly here on the QB.)
The stips are 2 1/2" and I added a 2 1/2" square to the end of the yellow. LOL Owlvamp, but you should have enough 2 1/2" stips to make a very scrappy version. I sewed the red, blue & green into long strips then cut them at 8 1/2" then added the yellow (cut at 8 1/2" with the blue square added and trimmed to 1/4") so that each block is 8 1/2" square.

susiequilt

I'd go with the 50x58 as those little ones grow fast!

Quilter 65

Love, love, love this adaptation. Sew cute and a toddler would love it.

Mariposa

Great colors! ** I'd say make it square**

MaryMo

very innovative and colorful! Great quilt for a toddler.

Tweety2911

Beautiful, bright and wonderful! I would choose making it longer.

gale

I did a similar design and all of the pinwheels are in the middle. Mine has 36 blocks plus the border.
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Sunnie

Gale, I love the colors in your quilt. Now I am rethinking the width of the border. Is yours a 4 or 5 inch?

annie123

Great quilt, either way. Yu could ask the grandpa his opinion as he probably has in mind how the child will use it, bed or drag around. If no preference I would vote for square, then as he gets older he could use it across the bottom of a twin bed with another blanket in one of the solid colors and then still carry it around.

citruscountyquilter

I wouldn't base my decision on using it in a crib. It isn't safe to have blankets in cribs with small children because of smothering. A friend's little girl who was 10 months old at the time smothered with a blanket in a crib when a baby sitter was watching her. Very tragic. The child is more likely to use the quilt on the floor to lay/play on, drag it around and snuggle with it. Either shape is fine but I would probably go with square to keep the pattern in tact. Really like the pinwheels.