Iris applique blocks finished

I finished the iris applique blocks and decided on the setting. My idea was to use 8 blocks and stagger the middle row of blocks. I first tried it like this:

But I thought the middle row was a little too squashy looking so I spread them out more evenly and rearranged the color placement too.

I like it much better. So now its just to cut the setting pieces for the middle row and sew up the rows...and plan the border-I've got an idea for that too. :)