Here’s a quick sneak peek at what I’m working on:
In this post, I showed a few straight set quilt designs with the Balance quilt block.
Now let’s look at this block set on point:
It’s a nice quilt. I could see this on a table top, or the favored arm chair for this time of year.
How would it look with a green background?
I prefer the white, but one isn’t better than the other…just personal preference.
Perhaps more open space for the quilter who likes to show off her quilting:
How about “floating” the blocks:
One more:
All of the blocks in the above designs are the Balance quilt block and variations created from Balance by deleting lines and moving color around.
You really can do a lot with one block.
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If you haven’t met the quilt block called Balance, then let me introduce you.
I found this block in Nancy Martin’s Perpetual Calendar 365 Quilt Blocks A Year.
I drew it with a 5 x 5 grid in Electric Quilt . If you own BlockBase, it is #1817c.
It isn’t often that one sees a green and white quilt (I don’t think I’ve ever seen one…I may have to google that later), but it is March, and I’m longing for spring, so I’ve set this block with green and white.
Here is how it looks in a straight set:
In the following design, I’ve deleted a few lines from the block to create an alternate crossing block to set Balance with. I’ve also added another green to the mix.
I squared up the quilt design (it isn’t longer than it is wide now) and rearranged the blocks:
Again, Balance is set side-by-side. The only difference is in the color placement. Stars have appeared!
An alternate color theme:
By deleting just a few lines, I’ve created another alternate block to add to the mix:
And one more arrangement:
Lots more could be done with this block, so go ahead and play with it! See what you come up with!
By the way, this block looks amazingly like Bachelor’s Puzzle.
