This week, I played with the Spinning Tops quilt block; also from the Nancy Martin’s Perpetual Calendar.
Spinning Tops is drawn with a 5 x 5 grid.
Get ready for bold color!
Spinning Tops set side-by-side in a straight set:
A little space was created by eliminating the four inner squares of the block and using this variation as an alternate with the Spinning Tops:
Again, creating an alternate block by eliminating elements from the Spinning Top quilt block:
Spinning Tops set on point:
Yet another variation set in the center and then surrounded by the Spinning Tops blocks:
The black in the corners is very bold. Perhaps too bold and overpowering for an already bold design. I think I’d break that up a bit.
Here is one possibility:
I don’t like it. Maybe I should’ve left the color in the border.
Fortunately, Electric Quilt makes it easy for me to try lots of options!
LC's Cottage 
Love the third … and love the way you modify blocks.
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The third is my favorite too Judy. Modifying blocks is my way of finding good alternate blocks to play with. I find it easier than searching for other blocks (although I’ll do that too sometimes).
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I prefer to modify … even when I find the sort of block I want it has been drafted on the wrong grid! Easier to remove a few lines!
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