I played with it some more. Here is what I did. I tried the diagonal and because of how the rows on each block are different it didn't line up well at all, so a no on diagonal. I tried to made blocks of 4 but it still didn't work line up well at all. The bargello doesn't work either. Due to that fact that each block has rows running in in different directions makes it hard do make it look good other than the original pic's.
Thank you for all your honest opinions. I may keep playing with it and see what else I get. But I do think it is gonna stay the original layout.