Trip Around the World version 2

This is 'Trip Around the World' V2.
With 1" squares, I needed 18 fabrics that gradated from white to medium light and I couldn't make that happen.
V2: squares are now cut 2" and will be 1.5" when finished. This means I need only 11 fabrics to get to where I can start going just a bit darker.

I am happier, but I am still concerned that the total look is too dark to be a background for the flowers. I would also like that white centre to be much larger, probably at least another 2 if not 3 rows of fabrics...
Note: all these prints are used on the wrong side of the fabric, to give me that soft, slightly blurry effect that I need.

 





I am going to insert a few more white fabrics in the centre and move the others out and continue with it, because I start to like this look.

This is the same image converted to greyscale:

As a gradation, it really isn't working. As an impressionist style patchwork, it is quite effective.
If anyone wonders, why doesn't she just get a piece of background fabric, well the answer is: what's the fun and excitement in that?
Fabric #6, counting from the centre, seems too dark. I'd love to use it as it is such a pretty design....
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