Originally Posted by
Kat Sews
Are you talking about a snowball block or something similar?
That's exactly what I was thinking; a snowball block. Here is a video showing a snowball quilt made out of charm squares. at the :34 second point, the quilter shows how to make the blocks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhSWmkxfczU
editted to add: here's an even better video
http://www.sewingbox.com.au/pages/Snowball-Block.html