hopetoquilt

I love square quilts. There is no absolute rule as to which is better though.

deneldacoop

Why not add another row of blocks. Then you can have even borders all the way around.
Dena

Christine George

The quilt pictured in my avatar is square. It's on my bed right now. And for that reason I now know that I like them rectangular. And here's another quirky thing....I put the rectangular ones on my bed crossways. I know, sounds funny. The square ones always want to slide down off the end of the bed and I'm constantly trying to cover myself in the middle of the night. If I put a rectangular one on crossways I don't have that problem. There's no weight hanging off the foot of the bed.

Pat625

It depends on where the quilt will be used...

judylg

[QUOTE=Christine George;5285276]The quilt pictured in my avatar is square. It's on my bed right now. And for that reason I now know that I like them rectangular. And here's another quirky thing....I put the rectangular ones on my bed crossways. I know, sounds funny. The square ones always want to slide down off the end of the bed and I'm constantly trying to cover myself in the middle of the night. If I put a rectangular one on crossways I don't have that problem. There's no weight hanging off the foot of the bed.[/QUOT

I know if this one was on the bed it could only go one way, with the redwork pictures they have to be up and down and the top has to be at the top, it is barns.
I like your border there.

coopah

All my quilts turn into rectangles so they can be used on a bed. Square ones just don't cut it!

jeanneb52

I much prefer rectangular and will add borders or blocks to make it so...

rj.neihart

Personally, I do both..depends on the quilt design. Sometimes it needs the "square" look. I always make them large enough to hang over about a foot or two, so when one gets into bed, the body is still covered. Sometimes I make one large enough to fold over pillows, other times the quilt is just flat and doesn't cover the pillows. It's all in a mood thing for me - they always turn out very nice.

quiltmom04

Depends what it's for. A square lap quilt is sometimes too wide and not long enough. I make a square for my bed so there's enough hanging over the side . I wouldn't make it a rectangle - or a square - just because you think it should be, unless it enhances the over all design. That is, I wouldn't make a square quilt into a rectangle, if the square functions for what you need, unless changing it to a rectangle would make it better.

nancyw

How about adding a row of 9 or 6 or 4 patches to both ends. I am getting so tired of square quilts!!!!