I recommend visiting the Quilted Pineapple site. She is a LA quilter but has done a lot of research on antique quilting designs. She has some beautiful examples on her site. Particularly the Hospitality quilt she recently did would work quite well.
http://www.thequiltedpineapple.com/p...eye-candy.html
You can also get ideas here:
http://quiltingstencils.com/viewallblocks.aspx