Underwhelming...........
I have tried 2 layouts with the red One Block Wonder blocks and they are both pretty blah. This was the first one.
I needed to move the blocks to a different design wall and this is the second layout. I think maybe the blocks will be used for table runners. I know I can add equilateral triangles between the hexagons but I don't think that will save this group.
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In the second photo, I see two separate color sections...the left side is lighter in tone and feeling, while the right side is dark and heavier. I think they would make separate rather striking table runners. PS: I had not "warmed up" to the separate pieces until I saw that photo.......................
Don't give up yet. I would try all the lights near the top and those darkest greens at the bottom. I think you could gather the like blocks in clusters and then place them somewhere intermingling. It still looks scattered. Sometimes it takes me over 20 layouts until it clicks. I think this one could still work.
I agree with Linda. More playing and moving the blocks around are needed. I think these blocks are still so pretty.
In the second photo, I see the dark blocks meandering like a river. I agree, keep playing with the layout. It will be interesting to watch you experiment. The blocks are so vivid and they will be gorgeous either way, a quilt or tablerunners. Andrea
This one doesn't strike me the way your others have and unlike the others who think it could still work if you aren't feeling the love then I agree it is time to change the approach.
I like the second layout better with the way you've grouped the blocks with green. I think it looks great!
You might try converting the photos to monochrome gray scale.(My phone offers this photo editing option.) This technique helped me when I was trying to balance the positioning of hexie units in my Grandmother's flower garden quilt. Value is easier to see in black and white. A point of light flow across the blocks diagonally from corner to corner or radiating from the center might be interesting. A photo sans color may also be helpful in seeing how the patterns in the blocks relate to one another.
I think it is just too much red.
Interesting comments today. . . BUT I know you will design what makes you happy .
JJM
It's amazing what a difference scale makes. The thumbnail-sized picture of your blocks is amazing, so your title "Underwhelmed" didn't seem to fit. But once I see the larger pictures, your title makes more sense. Personally, I enjoy a muted red-green-tan palette for the Christmas season, so if these were my blocks, I'd be tempted to toss a bit more green and tan in the mix and call it a Christmas quilt.
What if you added other OBW blocks from a fabric in a related color way?
I would try having the darker (green) blocks meander in a diagonal with either all the lights framing that line or all the dark (red) framing that line. Maybe?
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