Desert Sky Quilts has a great quilting blog which includes tutorials for some blocks she designed. I liked her Indestructible Star and tried it using her instructions for a 12-1/2 inch unfinished block. I added a border and ruffles to make a nice cushion cover.
(http://desertskyquilts.livejournal.com/)
I thought this would be a good pattern to use with scraps for a springtime mantel cover. For this cover I reduced the blocks to 6-1/2 inches.
For the length I wanted, I made 5 blocks using scraps of a different coordinating color for each.
I added setting and corner triangles along with a border and a plain piece of fabric for the top of the mantel.
I didn’t want to use batting and placed the backing right sides together with the block portion and sewed around the edges, leaving an opening on the back edge. The piece was turned and pressed, then I used a minimum amount of machine stitching to hold the back and front together and top stitched around the edge.
I like the cover very much – cheerful and spring-like.
This cover measures 19-1/2 x 43-1/2 inches.
LILLIAN'S CUPBOARD 
The pillow and cover are lovely and really say spring or even summer. They have such a clean look about them and remind me of a dinnerware set that I have. Beautiful, Lillian.
How pretty the mantle looks with this patchwork cover on it! I love it and the matching pillow works just perfectly.
Hugs from Holland ~
Heidi
The pillow and mantle cover are beautiful and look so cheerful! Lovely piecing and colors.
I like what you’ve done with this block pattern–a nice traditional look. I enjoy working with blocks that adapt easily to either a 12″ or 6″ finished format.
Thank you. It was a nice block to work with and used up a lot of scraps. Lillian