I ended up making only eight of the sixteen Dreamcatcher Round the Year BOM blocks in the Rainbow colourway.
Now, eight is a pretty odd number of 18″ blocks to end up with, if you are wanting to make a queen sized quilt. In no mood to make any more blocks and not sure of how I was going to put them together, I tried out various layout options.
Layout Option 1
One could place the blocks in two columns and off centre them, adding borders on either side. It has a lot of negative space and the quilt doesn’t look too busy…
Layout Option 2
This is the same that I have used for the Dusk Dreamcatcher. Again, this gives me lots of negative space and the blocks look nice like this, I think.
However, I do want this layout to be different from what I have already done. To clinch the matter, The Husband responded with a grimace when consulted about this! Perhaps blue flying geese will look better than blue? No. I really do not want to do the same setting in this quilt. So we move to the third layout!
Layout Option 3
Here, I use only 5 blocks in a row, towards the foot. The bottom border is strips of various widths in white, black, the white & black prints and blues, greys used in the blocks. The top border is just 2-3 strips and only a 1″ blue border on the sides. Two blocks are made into cushion covers set in blue squares and one into a framed wall hanging!
While I have approval of the Consultant in Residence, I would still like your opinion. What do you think will work best?
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Layout option 2 Madhu! It’s super!
Hmmmm….
Layout 2 has my vote. The arrangement is unique, and the flying geese are striking, but not so eye-catching that they take away from those beautiful blocks. I do think blue geese might look better than black. Imagine the possibilities for the quilting with that arrangement!
Thanks! Let me see how it looks with blue geese!
I am planning to tweak that arrangement a bit. Setting the 4-block ‘panels’ on point to see if that appeals to the Consultant’s design sensibility. Watch this space for more options.
I vote 2 as well. But then I love the way the negative space falls AND the flying geese!
Thanks Sandra. Has my vote too ( but lots more work! 😜). Trying to tweak it a bit to see if it can be improved.