First, the fabric needed to be over-the-top cheerful, and second, the design needed to be a new piecing challenge.
Fruit Juice by Violet Craft fit both with the added benefit of one more.
I enjoyed coordinating fabric for each fruit slice and its background and couldn't wait to see how the finished combination would look.
As I sewed the blocks, I revised the original pattern by eliminating three of the darkest fabrics and by adding more half slices. This made it cheerier as well as making it possible for me to play with more fabric combinations. Here is the juicy result.
82" x 82"
408 pieces
Then, how could they be arranged for a small complementary quilt?
45" x 45"
873 pieces