Sometimes when we work on something for so long we just can't see the beauty in it until we put it away for a while and then pull it out again. As far as a suggestion,I personally would remove the outside border and stop with the brown border and use a brown binding of the same color. Granted I can't see the corner pinwheels but I've tried to imagine them in the colors of the quilt and it just wouldn't work for me. I think he will love going to bed at night, looking at his quilt and dreaming about all the things he loves. You were very sweet in trying to please everyone!