Of course you can use the idea. I had gotten this idea from a quilt I saw. I will attach an EQ6 drawing of the first white quilt with yellow stars so you can see where I started. I recolored it to be green with white stars. Then I changed it to a pumpkin quilt with white stars.
Drawing of original award winning quilt in machine quilting show
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Green stars in a circle
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Pumpkin circled stars
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