I've never made anything red in my life, but I LOVE Rita's quilt. I think it's the contrast of the light and dark squares that really sets something off in my mind.
Here's a picture of the one I did for my son. The center was just drawn on fabric foundations from a kind of long skinny triangle.
Andree, why wait
This is like the 15 minutes a day of play! I do remember thinking while I was making this that I wanted more variety of fabrics, but I'd cut so many strips, that I think I've got enough left over for another forty quilts