Sometimes we get all we want out of a project before it is completed, we can never get back time.
I'm still plugging away at my subunits, and although yes, I've had some problems with the reds that turned into yellow/my neutral I was worried about, those are really minor compared to the light yellows and the Parakeet/light green which was always light for me. I am definitely going to have to cut the sashing rectangles from the darker/brighter tones. I'll be doing all the subunits before I start putting the blocks together.
Yesterday at group I pinned until I ran out of pins, just a few more sets. I did have to sort through the neutrals a bit to make sure they contrasted at least a little with those Parakeets. I'm up early, hubby just left for work and I'm about to start sewing!
Design-wise, mostly I make my own quilts and I have a different style in both design and construction. It is actually very rare that I follow someone else's pattern and although I have finished UFOs, I've never bought a kit even. So part of the point of this for me was that I was doing something different. I've learned a lot about working with my fabric. I'm working with units of scale quite a bit smaller than I usually do, I rarely cut anything smaller than 2.5". I am prepared that someone may just absolutely gush over this top because it isn't what I usually do, and if that happens I will gladly quilt it down for them.
I still can't visualize how my blocks are going to look next to each other -- one step at a time and I will post pictures when I have actual blocks.