Attempt #1...

My initial sketch was much larger than what I ended up cutting. I envisioned 2" finished squares, but rather than slice all that fabric up and find out I didn't like what was happening, I went with 3" strips and edited significantly just to see how the design would work out.

I think it needs to be wider, but otherwise, I'm liking the sort-of-random placement of the blues. I'll add solids to fill in the gaps and finish it up.

This one will probably end up as a charity quilt -- Lent, after all, is fast approaching, though I don't think I'm going to attempt six quilts again this year -- and I'll try another that's closer to the original idea.

Quite a few folks seemed surprised that I use PowerPoint to sketch out my projects. I've been working with that software pretty much since it came out in the late 80's, so using it to draw up quilt designs comes pretty easily to me. I have used EQ, which definitely has its advantages (calculating fabric requirements, for one) but I'm just more comfortable with PowerPoint.  If anybody has any specific questions about using it, just shoot me an e-mail and I'll be happy to help.