I'm curious as to why blocks in most quilts always face toward the inside of the quilt. Is there a rule that makes this more preferable? Is it more pleasing to your eyes? For example, look at the beautiful TQS 2011 BOM.



See how all of the corner blocks face in toward the center of the quilt. I like how this looks. Now look at the bottom corner blocks. They also face toward the center of the quilt. I'm wondering if it is also acceptable to have those bottom blocks face out so that if the quilt is on a bed, you are seeing the pattern straight on instead of bending your head and looking upside down. Does this make any sense?

I know I can put the block any way I want but was just wondering since so many designers purposely design their blocks like this. I figure I've missed some discussion on this somewhere and was wondering if anyone else knew.

Okay, back to stitching more hats.