Originally Posted by cjomomma
If there is enough of each color you can do a 9 patch. You need 5 of one color and 4 of another for each 9 patch block. Do a search for 9 patch, you will find many pretty quilts done this way.
or if the pack doesn't have that many of any one 5" square; do a 9-patch or 4-patch using darks and lights
There is a book Nickel Quilts that is devoted to using 5" squares.
There's a Vol 2 also, not as good.
You can probably get it used thru Amazon
http://www.amazon.com