I'm a little late to this party but needed to comment. I love #1 but think I see the problem a bit differently. If you look at the to center and top right, the "overall" image is different than all the others. If you look at only the bottom half of the quilt, reproduce that and flip so it becomes the top, then it balances better. Not sure this is making any sense. Bottom line is, even though the fabric is beautiful and #1 may not showcase it as well, I believe #1 does a better job of showing a "dragonfly" design.