Wow get distracted a few days and all kinds of things go on in here.
Welcome to all the new people, glad to have you on board. I wish I could join you in the 2 month group but that is something I just can't do this round. But I have to say, your fabrics are making me drool over here.
Lstew, those feathers might not be so pleasing to you but if you take a piece of white paper and cut a 4 inch hole in it, then place it on top of your fabric and move it around you will be able to see all the possibilities in that design. Sometimes the smaller pieces look much better then the original design. you could use a different color of paper (or fabric) to do that too, I sometimes have to do this to see if I really want to use a piece of fabric in the quilts I make. It helps to see how well the colors play together to.