Probably, I' d make crumb blocks for the center and border them with spools. I'd put nine patch blocks in the four corners because the first block I learned was the 9-ppatch. The crumb blocks re presents the fact that I can';t bear to throw out a piece of fabric until it gets too small to sew onto another piece of fabric. Th e spools represent both my love of sewing and all the thread it takes to make those crumb blocks.