I really like it as it is, I would be happy to get this block in a fall color swap. But i can see how as a stand alone block the shadow effect to make it "float" is not as obvious as it is in a full quilt of all the same block or at least all shadowed/floating blocks. The floating/shadow look may be lost in a quilt made with all different swap blocks and just stand out like these to odd dark partial sashing strips.