I found a small friendship quilt pattern while searching for the Friendship Star block, it can be found at:
http://quilting.about.com/od/miniatu...dshipquilt.htm
The center is similar to the rail fence and the finished block measures 6 x 6. we could resize it to a finished size of 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 to be the same size as the rail fence if we would like.
What about starting June 1 with blocks mailed by August 1.
Here are two churn dash blocks, one for an album quilt block:
http://quilting.about.com/od/blockof...lbum_churn.htm
http://www.connectingthreads.com/pat..._PD991154.html
This first finished block measures 6 x 6 and the center also resembles the rail fence.