Since you're in the south you may not have thought of doing something w/a snowball type pattern. You could use the red and black for the large square, then use the solid black for for corner triangles or vice versa-black large squares and different red/black combos for the corner. I'd draw something out on graph paper & color it both ways whatever I decided

Red! You can add solid red, as it is in the red/black print. You can do a d9P with those three.

Make her happy and do it the way she wants. She sounds like a sweetie.

Maybe I misunderstood but I thought the fabric was for YOU for Christmas?

Thank you. I appreciate your comments very much. The way this thread was so misunderstood and turned sour has taught me a big lesson, though - either don't post at all, or keep personal comments out of it. Thank you again.

How neat, Julie! I have to admit that I do like the way that quilt turned out. :)

Dina

Yes, I fully intend to do it as she wants. She rarely requests anything so specific, but you can bet when she does, I do my best to comply. She is a sweetie; I love my daughter and treasure our relationship so much. Thank you for your post.

How about a scrappy Hunter Star or Anita Arrowhead? Fons and Porter did a red and black scrappy Hunter Star recently on their show and it turned out great. If all the fat quarters are the same, either one of these patterns will still work.

I had the same dilemma only with a little different history. A lady has a son, age 20. She found the "quilt" he started to make in the 9th grade. Two fabrics - a print and a solid. I recut his "squares" to actual squares and just alternated. The print fabric was a southwestern design. The solid was a solid burgundy. Using Solvy I prepared Free Motion Southwestern designs for each of the burgundy blocks. I used a bald eagle for the print blocks. The lady loved it, her son loved it and there were enough blocks left to make a standard size bed pillow plus one block left over that I made into a potholder as a souvenir for the mom. Really turned out well!!

quite often whether set limits or circumstances, being limited often stretches our creative juices.

Please post your design when you finish. I'd love to see what you do and the final product. I'll subscribe to this thread so if you post in a new thread could you put a link here. Then I can find it. Have a happy adventure with your challenge.