I've resolved my desire to work with 1" squares, in green, for St. Pat's and keeping the project to a manageable size.  I've always wanted to do an Irish Chain.  This layout is similar to a design I found at www.advanced-embroidery.com.  However, I won't be using a machine embroidered pattern in the white space.  Instead, probably go with applique shamrocks.   I'll probably modify the border to have nine patches in the four corners.  But I was too lazy to figure out how to do that on EQ6.  I think I'd rather spend that time at the fabric store!  :)