Take 2

I've been wanting to try a zig zag quilt with no diagonal seams.  I remembered seeing one on Crazy Mom Quilts at some point in the past.  So I googled it.  There is a nice little tutorial here.  Of course, in her example, all of the alternate rows are the same fabric.  That would have made things much simpler.  I wanted three shades of grey to graduate down the quilt which meant making two strip sets for each yellow.  There is a bit leftover, but it wasn't too hard to puzzle together once I had the idea started.  I'm going to add a narrow band of dark grey at the top and a wider band of light grey at the bottom.  Maybe even a duck.  Maybe I'll just quilt a duck.  In any case, after the original failed attempt, this one came together quite quickly.  I'm going to go finish sewing the rows so that I can get back to my mother in laws anniversary quilt.  Kurt is starting to wonder why it is taking so long.  

Uninspired Baby Quilt -- Needs Help

A coworker is having a baby girl and I asked about the colors.  Yellow ducks on a pale grey background was the answer.  I thought I would whip up some cute little yellow nine patches and mix them in with a bit of grey.  Still not feeling it though.  Maybe I'll have to sleep on it a bit.  I'm not good at "modern",   Yellow and grey screams modern to me.  Am I trying to be too traditional?  What would I do to fix this up?  Asymmetry, negative space, ducks?  Help?  Any and all suggestions most welcome.