Ah, I have been looking and mulling over patterns. I also have a beach theme in mind. Applique and paper pieced. I sure hope it works. (looks good when I visualize it).
Say Hello to Frankie! I have a fat black sausage of a cat with one eye named Frankie too! Originally when I had his surgery for his eye, I called him Frank E. Stein. But now he's just Frankie. I'll have to post a pic of him and his buddy Jack, who also has one eye.