Modern Scrappy Twist

In preparing for my quilt workshop for my Houston Modern Quilt Guild friends, I struggled with ideas of how to make the very traditional "Scrappy Trip Around the World" quilt into one with a modern twist.

This is my first 'modern twist'.  Tell me what you think.

I confess, I wasn't taken with it at first, but so many have liked it that it is beginning to grow on me.  I have also spied the capital letter (upper case) "R". This is cute as I'm pondering whether to finish this little quilt as a gift for one of my two new great-nieces born this summer, but how do I choose between the sweet Riley Kate or the darling Ava Rose?  Please advise!