here's a site i visit for inspiration. you'll have to look elsewhere for the patterns, but she grants permission to save the images to your hard drive. as your cursor passes over an image, you'll see the name of the block. you can us that to track down instructions on the internet.
print them or insert them into a program like word, powerpoint or anything similar. you could play with them like puzzle pieces and design to your heart's content.
:P
http://www.dlstewart.com/clipart.htm