I think your quilt is beautiful. Using silk ties is difficult, to say the least, but you have definitely mastered it. I don't think your reds need "better spacing," just as none of the others do. While I try to arrange my ties by color and/or pattern, they don't usually end up that way. Those ties could have come right off the tie rack and been sewn down where they landed. Congratulations on creating such a wonderful memory.