Thank you Iceblossom. Our friends will get through this thing, and we will both make a perfect quilt for them later.
Simplish is an interesting variation to a coin quilt pattern. But I think it's best if you have some theme fabric (like the jungle animals you put in your's). I would use it if I had some plaid - but I only have some very neutral blue, grey and off white prints. Thanks anyway for the suggestion.