quilt blocks

These are quilt blocks I put together for a baby quilt I'm going to donate.  I love the print fabrics, but am not pleased with how the quilt pattern is turning out.  The white is so harsh, and I wish I had used a softer background fabric...maybe even a low contrast print.  There's a huge learning curve to quilting, and most of the time I feel like I'm in over my head!  Right now I'm taking a quilting class and am hoping that exposure to quilts will make a difference in my ability to compose one myself.  For now I'm thinking I  should probably seek out preassembled quilt kits until I get the hang of it all.....