Thanks for the links, I'll have to look around. An Irish Chain would be interesting though the red JR strips are very much in the same tone of red. Not sure if there is enough contrast in any of them.
Curves aren't a problem... it's not wanting to do them that's the problem. :-P
JR strips sewn together to make larger shapes is a possibility, depends on how it would look in the pattern. I'll have to keep that in mind when looking so that I'm not keeping locked into JR shapes.