Thank you! I'll finish them all and decide on the string after. Good idea, Judith, to just provide an embellishment for the quilter to add when assembled. I am getting rid of some scraps with this block..woohoo!! This block brought tons of memories dor me, too, flying kites with dad and sisters at Fairmont Park. He had his hands full with four little running around...lol... Goodness, he was patient.