Originally Posted by reneaunoel

Well, record time for me. And the fabric traveled 5,000 miles in the making. (California to Alabama and back for Christmas!)

I chose 9 different fat quarters. 2 brown, 2 purple tone, 2 light blue tone, 2 dark (blue and black) and one varigated Red/Yellow/Orange (VERY bright) as the center square. The back was a very cool bird fabric, that I just couldn't cut up, so makes the perfect backing fabric!

I did the cutting, then did one layout, took digital picture, magic on computer, looked at the first version of the rotation, did not like the combo, changed the layout, (kind of Lather, Rinse, Repeat) until I was happy with my final block.

Then, because this was a gift for a friends first grandchild, I FMQ'd the pebble (or bubbles) pattern on the entire top. I found that broke up the color pattern even more than being total scappy, but it also pulled it together! And it's fun to see what the thread looks like against different colors.

Oh, quilting thread was HOT PINK on the top and pale mauve on the back. then I bound the edges with cocoa brown flannel. It's a baby quilt meant to be dragged through the grass, mud and everywhere.

I love the D9P, it has so many options, just starting with that first fabric choice! Make your cuts, rotate, adjust, enjoy, it's what you want and like in the layout that makes it so much fun. The fact that we can astonish others, that's just BONUS!