And I can't stop recommending the book "Setting Solutions" enough. It's the only quilt book I actually read.
She has a fabulous example starting on page 79(?) about starting with blah blue and white star blocks. Meh.
And then what she does with them. It doesn't matter if it's your taste or not, the way she transformed those blocks into a fabulous quilt was amazing.
One of my all time favorite quilt books. Worth every penny.