Originally Posted by Shorebird

I have, what I think, is the PERFECT pattern for this.......Blanche Young's "Traditions with a Twist" book has a pattern called Bloomin' 9 Patch.......It alternates 9 patch blocks with solid squares......Colors - from outside to center, are the darkest moving in to lightest in center...For a queen size, you need 10 colors........the 9 patches change as you move toward center....Colors 10 and 9, then 9 and 8, 8 and 7, and so on......so the row The quilt makes up beautifully -= even the the colors chosen in the book to illustrate are a bit garish.......I am doing one now in shades of gray - from dark charcoal to ivory with a light pearl gray print......Good Luck!!