I love the idea of the 3 dudes pattern with a solid triangle showing off the fabric. That would be beautiful! And, never fear. My first real quilt was a rail fence queen size and it turned out great. I had a local quilter do the longarm on it and with him providing the backing and doing an overall large meander, it was only $100. It's still my favorite quilt. I will be adding it to my album soon. I just came across the digital pictures of it a few weeks ago. They were lost with some shop hop quilt pictures.