A co worker was would only make trip around the world so I had my mind set to the fact that I would never make a trip around the world. I wanted to make anything but a trip. Took me a couple years after retirement, but I did make a color wash trip (the picture in my avatar) and now I'm hooked. If I can make it interesting like the colorwash then I'll be making more in the future. But mostly I like to try new blocks. I'll make one or two to see how it goes. If I don't really care for it, then it's a charity quilt, otherwise I keep sewing till I have enough for a larger quilt.