I got a link to this in my email today, and wanted to share an idea that I haven't thought of before. It's just stippling, but in the shape of quilt patterns. Quite nice, especially for us beginners (stipplers)
http://blog.shopmartingale.com/quilt...lting-designs/
(if one goes to amazon, and finds this title, there are a lot of pictures from the book, using the technique)