Hand Quilting

About a week ago I wrote about pushing myself with a quilt that would be hand quilted and really put focus on the quilting as the main part of the design. 

In the mean time, I have been looking at my WIP star quilt sitting on the sewing machine table.  My plan has been to do machine quilting so that I could "get-er done" and out the door to my little cousin asap. 

Something was nagging me about that.  I LOVE the way this quilt top turned out.  The colors are so cute and warm, and the wonky stars are so playful.  I was struggling with the "get-er done" feeling on such a great quilt.  Finally, I realized I didn't want machine quilting...I wanted to emphasize the wonky stars.  There is no better way to do that than echo quilting. 

So after tussling with the decision another couple of days, I decided to dive in.  I am going to hand quilt this one too.  Plus, I can really hone my hand quilting before I work on a piece where the lines will be so prominent.

I've finished the first row of stars, only 6 more rows to go.  Next, I need to decide what kind of design to put in the light pink squares where the blocks intersect.  I am thinking maybe circles or maybe some kind of star. 
What do you suggest?