Nothing to be embarrassed about, Jane. It's like those pictures where you look at it one way and see one thing, then look at it another way and see something else. Once you see the second image, it's hard to go back and see the first one!
Hoffman picked the colors of my quilt, not me.
I used a Bali Pop called Cotton Candy for the colors, and an assortment of cream-colored batik strips.