Matching too well

While I was busy making flannel quilts, I made a third. This one has  plain blaocks of the feature owl print alternated with 9-patch blocks in matching colours - but they matched too well, and when I spread out the blocks, I quickly realised they'd need sashing:



They have since been sashed in a deeper blue (a vast improvement) and the quilt has been sandwiched in preparation for the new quilting machine