Check out these fabrics (mostly picked out by my sister, but I found the sailboats & lighthouse fabrics):
And look at what 3+ hours of work did!
Ok, so maybe you can't tell, but that's 3.25 hours of work right there. Well, 15 minutes of finding appropriate music since I want to channel the music into the quilt. (I think I ended up listening to a comedy station that probably isn't too child-friendly, but this will be the first of many secrets between Z and Auntie Shell Bell! Besides, that's only because my Elvis Pandora station wasn't playing Elvis songs!)
Anyhoo - the remaining 3 hours of work was for ironing, reironing, and cutting. I cut a total of 70 8.5" squares (7 squares in 10 different fabrics if you're a little slow on counting the picture). For most of these fabrics (all but the startfish on the far left), I had to line up each and every square to make sure it lined up well and will look good when sewn together.
Phew. The worst part (ironing) is over! Next I'll lay them out in a somewhat-random order and start sewing.
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