to answer your question on the Aussie scenario you can certainly do that in a row robin format. You should perhaps do a sketch of the scene you want to do (look no one will see it!) and then break it up in four sections. upper sky, lower sky upper scenario, middle ground and finally foreground. then you can do your rows accordingly! a kangaroo! wow your going to have fun doing that! I want mine to be more flowing? but seen so many row robins (hit pinterest up and type in row robin quilt ideas and shoot you will get a zillion then you can narrow it down to even other ideas and its terrific. same with google images type in row robin quilt and you will get so many to peak at you want this one and that one and a row from here and a row from there.. its fun. some of you will want to do just traditional and that is certainly ok! a row of bells and a row of snowmen and a row of snowflakes if that is what you want then do it! no one here to police you! its YOUR dream your vision of peace you pick what you want! tada!
I found a few images to share with you. thought you might like to see somethings to spark your idea bucket and get your juices going! its all about YOU. we all want and love something different. Like me, no crabs on my beach. none to worry about stepping on or jellyfish. OH NO! I am having a peaceful sand no footprints in it. just soft soft sand and a soft sky. soft water lapping the shores not waves. you see my best friend from 3rd grade and I have plans. we are going to this beach when we reach heaven. no noise, but soft water lapping, just us watching it in a lounge chair and that good looking pool boy bringing us drinks when our glass is empty. so I need a sky, a calm clear water, a beach and a couple lounge chairs. I need mai tai glasses and big beach hats to put in a row .. just something that is calm. maybe big flowers.. yup. try to put that image into a quilt. one way or another its going to be there. abstract? maybe. but it will be there. that is my gift to her. we both have a shortened clock life. I want to do this for her and know she will love it and get it. It will be a gift to her daughter when we are gone. She will be told our story also. This is the silly stuff we do to make life more enjoyable what the heck. you only live once! (here at least).
what is your plan and why?