This post has been so helpful to me. I did the same thing in green, red, a splash of white and gold. But it just didn't have the impact that I thought it should have had. The fabrics were so lovely and very "matchy-matchy". I took leftovers from that quilt and made a medallion, added borders, and everyone prefers the leftover to the planned one. I think now I see why after reading the comments. It has opened my eyes since the second one had a lot of different fabrics although all in Christmas fabrics, but it is by far my favorite of the two--and it was an accident. Sometimes we aim and discover we missed our target. But everyone has a different lens to see things.