My favorite hand pieced is Trip Around the World. I did mine starting with the single 2-1/2" center square, added the next round and continued adding rounds till I liked the size of the diamond, then added rows of decreasing # of squares out to each corner. Mine had 19 different green prints ranging from black background with green leaves to white background with green leaves with all sorts of greens in between. Eventually I will get it sandwiched and quilted. It's for ME so there's no hurry.