Thanks for the encouragement, everyone. :D
I'd like the blocks to show a cross, more than an 'X' (my medieval history love :lol: ), so I'll be putting them together 'on point' (?) as diamonds, with the sashing. That should really pull away from the circles, I think.
barnbum, the hand piecing is much slower, but oh so much more relaxing than by machine. Besides, my sewing room is my dining room table, and the family frowns upon eating between machines, cords, spools of thread, and fabric. Can't possibly imagine why. :mrgreen: