I was doing a 3" 10 minute block for the April doll swap. It was very fiddly work. my plan was to make one to swap, and one for g-dau. I got the swap one done. I was happy with it. I looked at all those blocks and said I'm NOT doing it again! (I had used the same blocks for 2 mug rugs, also.)
I made an alternating four patch. Pink daisy with polka dot, pink daisy with yellow. Oh my, it was SO cute. And doing it that way, had what was, to me, a surprising outcome. The polkadot and the yellow made diagonal lines across the quilt. The daisy was actually my focus fabric, but it faded into the background. I diagonal machine quilted down the centers of those daisy blocks & the polka dot & yellow blocks just POPPED right out.
DO SOMETHING SIMPLE! It was good for my soul to whiz that thing out.