OK, when I say blown away (which you did again, btw), I mean in awe of how your brain works as compared to mine. ha ha.
For some reason the board isn't allowing me to download a scanned picture of what I designed (printed out blank blocks & colored in). It's very close to the original but just "flipped" around so the top point in the stars are turned (one point isn't pointing up). I was figuring I'd do each star outline like my model (medium brown) to match my bedroom (of course, who knows what color it will be in like 10 years when I get this thing done!). I have a 20-pack fat quarters by Thimbleberries with nice, soft colors, and I was planning on using a warm cream background. Maybe I should start looking at the colors as light, medium, and dark (just as you suggested, thank you very much!).
If we were back in the 1800s I would just be gathering scraps and using what I have instead of over-analyzing the thing.
