Offset Block #10

What Happens When You Offset

Balkan Puzzle Blocks?

I am enjoying winter and if it wants to hang around, that's fine by me. But for some reason, when I look at a Balkan Puzzle block colored like this I think of flowers and I want to plant a garden.


The Balkan Puzzle flowers could be lined up in neat rows and columns.

This is static and conventional. Although, I do like the pinwheels that are formed as secondary patterns.

What if the Balkan Puzzle blocks are offset slightly?

This has more movement and is quite playful. The negative shapes create added interest.

What if the blocks are offset a little more?

This has lost some of its movement and the negative shapes, between the flowers, are now diamonds. This is more airy and there is lots of space to do interesting quilting.

What if the blocks are offset even more?

This has even more room for elaborate quilting and the negative shapes between the flowers are more interesting again.

When the blocks are offset so that only their corners touch, the result is a checkerboard of flowers.

The design has again become static and conventional. But there is some nice space for some decorative quilting.

Up to this point all the designs have been grid based. What if there is no grid?

Then designs like this circle, or wreath, are possible. And the door is opened to a wide variety of exciting designs.