I do a lot of charity quilt and I need to keep it simple (being disable with poor motor skills) but I like to discover how I can change a pattern slightly and then I am not so bored. Take the square in a square pattern. Widen the strips on two sides of the blocks and it doesn't seem like the same old pattern. It is fun trying to change basic patterns. You have to find a challenge to keep things interesting. Good Luck !!