I'm starting on a small wall hanging for my mother for this coming Christmas. She is moving to Germany to live with my brother so I thought this would be a nice "remember me" gift for her since we will probably never be able to visit again except by phone or email.
It is 5 blocks wide (each block4"x4") and 5 blocks long (4"x4"); with a center block of (10"x 10") with two hanging loops at the top. The overall finished size will be 16"x 16". The center block will be cross stitched with a home sweet home flower pattern and whatever else I thnk looks good in that block. The four corner blocks will be cross stitch also and one is going to be a fancy coffee and saucer, another a Aster (her birth month flower), another an American flag, and the last corner block will be to and from with the date.
I had made a similair wall hanging although much bigger back in 1990 for my mother in law. The center block on it was her and her husband and all their children's names. Then I gave each child a block with who they married and their children's names. I included cross stitch, applique, and quilting in it. The corner blocks on hers where pinwheels and then every other block with the in between blocks being the cross stitched blocks.
I love making up my own designs. It does take awhile just charting it out, but it's fun to have something finihsed no one else has.
I'll be subscribing to this forum as I really love quilts!
I have so many ideas and not enough hours in the day to work on my quilting.
I am now working on a quilt for our Bible Camp quilt auction. We, all the members are making blocks so it will be a scrap quilt for sure!!!! It is the mini bow tie pattern and we got it off the intnet. Very easy one to do and makes a 12 inch block. If you are interested I can give you the website to check on. there are a lot of free blocks to choose from. 
