Thanks KalamaQuilts for posting your pics.
You're an inspiration as I have wanted to do a B9P for some time ... so maybe sometime soon?
Joe'sMom ... Have you stitched your blocks together?
Sometimes you need to see some of it stitched together to get a better sense as to how it will look.
This can be said for many quilts, but the B9P would be even stronger in that direction.
Likewise, seeing it from further away, helps us see the blend of fabrics.
For example, shrink down that larger pic from KalamaQuilts, and see how different it is.