TamaraTJo ... Lovely block design and I will look forward to seeing it stitched up and in a quilt! Personally, I like as few seams as possible ... less to match up, plus with seams out of the way, it may make it easy for some custom quilting added in. You could also convert it to a PP design, easy enough, if that is of interest to you.
IceBlossom ... I like the way you think, and would probably make it much the same as you, eliminating as many seams as possible