The vertical seams -

 

 

Were all sewn - 

 

For my Upstairs/Downstairs - Christmas Colors -

 

And now it's a top - 

 

Ta Dah!! - ;))

 

 

 

I put my "favorite" block - the pretty RED with the WHITE patches - 

 

As my Row #2 - since it's the most dominate row -

 

 

Then the "other" RED with the WHITE as Row #6 - 

 

 

Knowing that Row #6 has three blocks in the LOWER LEFT corner - 

 

And three blocks in the UPPER RIGHT corner - 

 

Which balances them out -   

 

 

 

So - my "magic formula" worked -

 

Again -

 

Even when I took a shortcut - 

 

Since I did some "standard" stuff that I always do when I did the layout - 

 

I maintained the block orientation of the DOWN blocks -

the same way as the strata were sewn - 

 

And I maintained the orientation of the UP blocks -

the same way as the strata were sewn -

with a quarter-turn to the RIGHT - 

 

And - this time - I separated some of the "neutral" colors -

because they seemed to "stand out" more -  

 

When I decided on the order of my first "column" - 

 

Then the rest worked itself out nicely -

 

 

 

 

I didn't worry about the same fabrics touching - 

 

I just let them do their own thing - 

 

 

 

And it looks like I sort of planned it that way - LOL -

 

 

 

I think that it even looks good upside-down - 

 

 

Hmmm - 

Now I wonder what it would look like - 

 

If I made the GREEN the MAIN diagonal -

 

Instead of the RED - 

 

You KNOW I have more of those jelly rolls - right? - LOL -

 

I never could resist a good sale -

 

And they WERE on sale - LOL - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -