My, oh my, what a wonderful day! Plenty of sunshine, heading my way…Oh sorry:)
This is my inspiration:
It’s a darling quilt from the cover of the Quilts and More magazine…I was looking at it and realized that it was made with half square triangles. Wow! I thought, I could do this with a charm pack.
So, I took two Zippity Doo Dah charm packs and made half square triangles using Kona Muslin (80 5in. squares) then laid them out…It was much easier than it looks! My kind of quilt! I am so pleased with the results…Here’s mine all finished up: 
I love how the striped squares turned into zig zags. This has got to be the cutest Americana Fabric! I can’t wait for picnic season to get here! For the magazine and pattern click HERE.
I wanted to give her something that would be meaningful, but, I also needed to get it done quickly so I went with a simple hourglass block made from a