But I soldier on...deciding to make it another opportunity to work on my shading skills. The really good thing about it is that never once did I say "Oh, I don't want to ruin what I've done." So I could just try the next idea and the next unreservedly.
I did a double row of Entwine. I worked on this horizontally, added a border of Entwine elements on the "top" and "bottom." Only at the last moment did I think to rotate it and found that I liked Entwine vertical much better.
Well, thanks Joey (grrrrrr). I guess it wouldn't be called a Challenge if it didn't move us out of our comfort zone. This one pushed me waaay outside and I grudgingly admit I kinda like the result.