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I created the pattern on the fly. That said, when choosing my colors I was thinking about some of the lovely sunsets over the water on the Oregon coast. The ones where the sky looks like rainbow sherbet. I used one FQ per color. Do feel free to copy the pattern you see on the finished product. You could even do sunset on land making the bottom part sand or trees or whatever. I will say this. When thinking about your design remember the rule of thirds and or the golden mean for a more aesthetically pleasing landscape. In this case, the water appears in the bottom 2/3 of the quilt top where the sun and sunset appear in the top third. You could also break it up. What I didn't do was think about the structure of my window (multiple panes) or the placement of my dowels. Lessons learned.

More on Rule of thirds
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thirds
More on Golden Mean
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio

Considering I failed math miserably in school, I have become a huge fan of math as I have been able to apply more abstract math ideas (algebra) in real life. For example: I know that my total yardage of my shade needs to be 82x37 1/2. I need to subtract 6 inches for the bottom hem and 3 inches for the header board piece. That leaves me x amount to work in my design using the aforementioned math principles (golden mean, rule of thirds). Blah, blah, blah.

My point is that I tend to ramble...old people!

I am more than happy to post up a tutorial on how to generally make the Roman shades, how I pieced the on point blocks, and how to assemble the whole enchilada! Here is a page where you can get inspiration (her french door piece work was my inspiration) and she does sell instructions. I make mine a bit different from hers in structure, but the general principle is the same.http://www.terrelldesigns.com/Galler...d-Roman-Shades

One guy on there made 10 different ones. I follow his blog http://rickmcguire.blogspot.com/