Originally Posted by Rebecca VLQ

Since she's gonna have to unsew anyway, why not find a "dark" and then use more of the water fabric to make a pinstripe down the center? Like, keep the big blocks as they are right now, then sew strips that would be the width of the cornerstones so there is (for example) 1 1/2 inch dark, 1/2 inch light, 1 1/2 inch dark?