I picked #3 and was a bit disappointed that you chose to go with #2, but each person’s taste is different and it is yours to choose.
Then you posted this update. I kept looking back and forward and tried to figure out precisely how you changed it and I was unable to do that. I just don’t know how you were able to make it better, but you did. I really do like the way it turned out. They are going to love it!
Not to criticize and I really do not mean to, even if it sounds like it. I’m curious about your inspiration for the toothy part of the light Xs. It seems to blur the shape of the X and it appears as if it will make the piecing a lot more difficult to do than if it was a solid beige square.
Like I said, I do not mean this as a criticism. I only wonder how your creative process works to end up with what you do. You make such lovely designs and I envy your abilities to do so. I only wish I had a quarter of the creativity that you seem to have. Evey time you create a new quilt, I have to add another to my wish list of things to make……