Carriem the block I used for the BB's was Rhoda's Block from 40 Bright and Bold Paper Pieced Blocks by Carol Doak. I just resized it to 8inches
Anael DH uses beef mince and pork mince for his spaghetti sauce, browns them with onion and garlic, adds mushrooms, adds beef stock, a couple of cups and port instead of red wine maybe half a cup and allows that to cook down for about an hour, then he adds Passata which is an Italian tomato based sauce, you could add tinned tomatoes or store bought pasta sauce. Fresh herbs, parsley and oregano and he is done. There are no quantities he does it....Makes a lot of sauce so I do freeze a lot of it.
Time for some sewing time...