Amazing scrappy!!
Agree black can be such a challenge to work with, but your results prove it was all totally worthwhile!
For a totally different look, I can picture this one with a white (or light background) and a scrappy mix of lighter fabrics, perhaps 30s fabrics? I think it could work with a a nice delicate, gentle sense to it.
You had me curious and I went looking for the pattern to discover it is mostly HSTs.
Wonder? how would it look totally as scrappy mix, rather than the groupings of the same fabric?
For those interested, here's the pattern that I found .....
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