I really like your quilt too. I love the blue and I don't think it is too much white. I have been thinking about making an Irish Chain, but there is a lot of space that just calls for fancier quilting than I can do. I can SID and do a crisscross thing, that is about all.
But yours is beautiful and the person you are making it for will really like it. If not, send it my way!
Dina