I really want to do this quilt and I know that many of you have made great variations of Celtic Solstice, so I feel that it's certainly OK to change the colors. I first thought that I might switch the blacks to dark olives and maybe the gray to light olive, because I couldn't "feel" the gray going with the mustard-golds, even though there are so many Tuscan churches with gray next to black stripes. QuiltingVagabond, I really like your green fabric, but, if it's going to substitute for the gray that Bonnie used, might I suggest the lighter olive green in the little leaves on the bottom of your right-hand pile? I've got both blacks and dark olives, so I'll have to make up my mind next month as to which I prefer.