Oh my I didn't think I would fool so many! But a big thanks for the "hand back up"! We are all human and I may need a real hand up.
Nice job on the pinwheel plus sampler quilt, Connie. You do have a knack of adding cohesiveness to make a nice quilt and that's why they "give them to Connie!"
I think the more one works with scraps the better one becomes with figuring out what will "look good", so persevere grannof6. One thing you can do with your l/e is alternate dark and light. Then a checkerboard pattern is easy to put together. I agree with Irishrose2, The Ark Xroads is a great pattern to make with scraps.
I have another western themed "Simplish" pattern in the works...webbing the rows now. Hopefully have it all done sometime Saturday night as I can't work continuously for the next couple of days. When it's done it will be another 6 1/2 yards from the stash pile. Maybe next week I can take time to get pictures too.
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