Baton Rouge Square Quilt Block

I played with the Baton Rouge Square quilt block this week.

I drew it in Electric Quilt with a 5 x 5 grid.  If you have BlockBase, it is #1808.

Here is the block set side-by-side:

I like the floating yellow diamonds.

With a slight variation to the Baton Rouge quilt block, I now have a pretty little alternate block to create a new design with.

And again, playing with slight variations, both in drawing, and in color placement:

I’d explore the above a bit more.  I can see stars in that alternate block, and it could be worthwhile to make those more prominent.

All I did to create the next design was change the direction of the purple/white half square triangles.

One doesn’t have to make big drawing changes to create an impact in one’s design.  Just start small and see what happens.

By the time that I created the next two designs, I was warmed up and having fun!

The above requires some work, but it definitely has potential.

I’ve got about 30 design variations in my project folder, and I haven’t tried turning this block on point yet.  That will be next week’s play.

Which do you like best?  Or none at all?