9-patch quilt progress

As I will be blogging here more than on Tumblr, I thought I'd better catch up with the progress/saga so far:

Photo from Frogdancer

(June 2nd)

Its been a while since I’ve done anything crafty. I recently finished my first ever knitting project (a scarf) just in time for a heat wave! Perfect timing.

The above photo is my inspiration for a quilt that I want to make. Again, this is my first real attempt at quilting. The aim is to make a quilt cover for a double bed. I’ve used Excel to chart out a plan for my quilt. I will use the same solid colour (grey) for the 4 squares in an attempt to tie everything in a bit more, and will use the white borders as in the photo above. I’ve worked out that I will need to make 90 ‘9 patch’ squares to complete the middle section and a ridiculous number of odds and ends to create a patchy border.
Tutorial found at crazymomquilts

Cutting and Chopping (June 14th)
A few days of chopping up fabric - these squares will make up the 90 9-patch squares. A few more hours of chopping should complete the grey squares but all colourful ones are done (subject to me changing my mind about a couple of colours that may not fit the overall scheme). Chopping up the white fabric that will hold it all together will have to wait. In the mean time, I can’t wait to start sewing.

9-patch update (August 15th)
Currently over half way in making the 9 patches and one day ahead on the one a day target. Pleased with my progress so far! It’s most definately a challenge, but I can imagine the end result which is keeping me going.
Once I’ve completed the 90 9 patches that I need, its a matter of cutting and sewing on the white border fabric which will surround each 9-patch; then i need to baste, quilt and bind.
(edit and update: I’ve just done a recalculation to ensure that the quilt is the same as a queen size quilt - that means that I have to complete 120 9-patch sqaures and means that all my calculations are now out…. I think my adapted design means that I am approaching midway - and the advantage is that I’m still one day ahead as the final date of 9-patch completion will simply shift as its one a day. 30 extra days to calculate, and some more fabric cutting to do…)