Let’s take a look at the Barrister’s Block.
I drew the block from an 8 x 8 grid using Electric Quilt. If you have BlockBase, it is number 1363.
Here is how it looks set side-by-side in a straight set:
There is a lot of movement created by this block. It can be calmed down by simply moving the color around.
In the next design, every other block has been rotated. And I’ve altered the Barrister’s Block just a little bit.
Again…the same setting, but the color has been moved around. That change shifted the emphasis from the smaller triangles to the large half square triangles. It looks boxy.
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Laura,
I think I got seasick looking at the first one! Enough movement to think it may have been a storm! Very interesting block though … love the third design.
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That first one makes me dizzy as well! It may have something to do with the color scheme. Ha, ha! And we agree about that third design. 🙂
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There I was thinking that lately we have had a few differences of opinion, but now we agree again!
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