My word, you are all so kind! I was about ready to kick this one to the curb many times during the piecing of it! Like I said at the beginning, it was inspired by a pattern but it really evolved into its own entity just with me saying "what if I use this color instead, or what if I lay the blocks out this way instead..."
It was even called 'hideous' at one point by one person in the household (but it didn't rattle me). So Thank You All!