Picturesque is one word for that pile of strips! LOL
If you check through the first ten pages or so of this thread, you will see where I did a step by step pictorial of at least one of my experiments.
It would be cool for you to start with you beginning strips, the pile of strips and then at least the finished quilt.
Your idea of red through it in various places sounds like an exciting touch.
It will be interesting to see how you get to the size you desire. <wave>