I see what you mean as well. Looks like little aliens. If I understand you correctly, you have made the blocks but not pieced them together yet. Place them all on a table, design wall, whatever you have and start turning a few of the blocks around. Rhonda has a great tutorial on turning blocks and you can see how many different looks you get with the same blocks and just turning them around. The ribbon border is great and I am sure you can make this work.