OOOHHH Celeste, That is a beautiful block in that site you found!! :D :D

Thanks Pam - that is perfect! I like your scrappy version best although I've been itching to do a blue & yellow quilt. We'll see.

Thanks everyone for your help.

It does look like Bento Box, but the Bento has a four patch at the center.

It is a Bento Box. There are 4 patches in the center, however the quilter used the same center for each block so it makes it look like it isn't from a distance. Look closer. It's an easy block to make. Just start with a center twice the size of your strips. Add 3 more strips around that alternating dark and light. If you have a 13.5 inch block. Cut it in half, then in half again. Each littler block will be 6.5 after cutting. Mix them up and sew them back together again. By using the same fabric for each center block, you'll have the same look.

Ooops, the picture only has 2 rounds counting the center. Sorry.

Pam - can't believe I never thanked you for this. Found the link in a bunch of computer files I was cleaning out. Keeping this one. Still hope to make it. Thanks again, Annmarie