the one where she babbles on about fabric and zigzags.

I recently (well, technically in January, thankyouverymuch) bought a Marine fat quarter bundle. Have you seen Marine by Dan Stiles?

It's fantastic.

It's also organic which means almost $15/yard- EEKGADS! Luckily, a girl of modest means such as myself can snap up a fat quarter bundle for a reasonable price and still feel like I'm getting a good taste of the fabric.

I was the loser who signed up to receive an email notification the moment this line was made available... and completely geeked out upon recieving said email.... and bought the FQ bundle approximately 32 seconds after getting that email.

This fabric is going to be a quilt for Noah. I don't think I want to go twin sized and make this his "big boy bed" quilt (I just can't commit to that small of a color spectrum for his future room), so I'm trying to think of a way I can use this fabric for a lap quilt for him. I wanted to keep the fabric pieces large enough that he can see the birds, submarines, whales, etc.

I thought of this one (I did get the book with that pattern in it for Christmas, afterall!) However, I keep coming back to zigzag quilts.

sigh.

I love zigzag quilts. Did you realize there is an entire flickr group of zigzag quilts?

Yup. Goodbye, 1 hour of my life. I'll never miss you.

A Quilt is Nice's zig zag

Cluck Cluck Sew's zigzag

Are those not to die for? Maybe I'm just a freak, but something about the angles, and the crispness of the lines... I am in love.

So the question is: do I try to figure out how to make a zigzag quilt out of my beloved Marine fabric? Is it worth the headache to get the prints to flow directionally? Any advice from quilters out there? Am I insane? Help a sister out.