Sashing or no sashing.
 

I have been reading for several years but rarely post. Now I am reaching out to all you experts. I started making a very simple quilt with 5.5 in squares in blue batik and 3 in white sashing. I have the columns made with the blue squares separated by the white sashing. All I would need to do is sew the vertical sashing and be done. THEN, I thought I would like to 'spice' it up a little. I laid out a couple choices but I'm not sure which would look best in an overall quilt. 1.eliminate the sashing and stagger the columns so the squares are off-set. or 2.put in the sashing and stagger the squares. I sewed this at a lake house and did not take a picture of my 2 choices so now I need to ponder over this until I get back. Any and all suggestions and comments are welcome and appreciated.

if you have the time and energy... i vote for staggering the squares. but i have seen some very pretty straight set plain squares, too. be sure to show us what you decided.

Sorry, but my crystal ball is not working right now ... if you have the time and energy to take the photos, I am sure you will get a lot of valuable feedback.

You see, it really is hard to give suggestions, as not all 5-1/2" blue batik quilts are created equal. TBH, we have no idea whether this is just plain blue batik cut into squares, or if you have done any piecing, and they are basically blue with something else going on. Perhaps even, it is a printed batik, rather than a somewhat plain batik. Who knows?

Staggering for one, may be the downfall for another. There are other options to consider too, such as alternating with QST triangle squares for a totally different effect. So many options, depending on what you are starting with ... and the end-effect you want to create.

Sounds pretty either way but a photo would really help us decide.

I am doing the Linked Up quilt using this tutorial. It would work great with your proportions too.

https://quiltingtutorials.com/tutori...ilt-with-jenny

I vote for staggering the blocks. Sashing will make it larger. The quilt on my design wall has sashing only on the ends of the blocks, not the sides, which adds another element - the white sashing zigzags up and down across the quilt. Because yours is all blue, I'd go with sashing on both ends and sides. That was my intent, but I made the blocks a long time ago and when I found them recently, I had forgotten they needed side sashing and just sewed them together staggered. This was what I intended (the 2nd quilt down).
http://tearosehome.blogspot.com/2011...love-no53.html

have you seen the BQ2 quilts? I like those and have made several[ATTACH=CONFIG]574185[/ATTACH]

Irishrose2 Your quilt looks very nice, It is very unique.

I have no opinion just wanted to say hello from one Linda in Iowa to another!!

I will actually be in Canada next week so will not get to take pictures until after that. I can see where pictures would be helpful. I will try to post pictures when I return.