Building the Asian Nights ....

 This evening, I laid out the Asian Nights blocks.

I started with the center 16 - Town Square layout.  Then headed down the hallway to get Mike's opinion on which color scheme resonated best.

I like both - though we ended up agreeing with the second version with the blue center.

Then, the fun started as I continued to lay out the additional blocks to add the columns on each side and the additional rows on the top and the bottom.

There was a brief moment of insanity last night, when I thought about creating enough additional blocks to make it into an 8 x 8 square... I quickly talked myself out of that.

Once all 48 blocks were on the flannel, I started playing again...

Original Asian Nights Layout

Squares in squares- I like this one, but the colors were a bit wonky - I think if I'd had more yellow blocks it might have worked

The winning center.

I tried a few more variations - but this is the one that Mike and I decided upon in the end.

I now have three of four "super rows" completed - following the QA directions to first sew giant four patch blocks - and then joining three giant blocks in each row.  I'm looking forward to completing the last set and joining all four together later this week.