I have no idea what I'm doing.

A LONG time ago, I posted pics of the fabric I was going to use to make my crazy nine patch quilt, inspired by the one I loved so much on Allsorts. I even finished the squares, thanks to a tutorial she posted, which you can find here if you're curious.

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After I finished the blocks, I put them all away and haven't picked them up since. See, those colors - the pink-yellow-brown combo - were the ones that I had originally picked out to redo our living room, and that quilt was going to sit on the back of the couch near the drafty window. Then after the squares were done, I found some new inspiration and started working toward the red-pink-white-robin's egg blue color scheme instead. Then I had no idea what to do with my squares, so they were abandoned.

BUT! I got my sewing machine serviced, and now I'm all excited about sewing again. Plus, I'm working on cleaning and organizing the craft room, which is kind of forcing me to finish some half-done projects. It's all very exciting!

So I'm back to the crazy 9-patch quilt again. I was thinking that the darker pinks in the squares match my bedroom walls, and that I do have an awful lot of them (and they're pretty large), so maybe I'd make a quilt for my bed. I have clearly lost my mind. I've only ever made 2 simple crib quilts in my entire life, but here I am planning out a queen sized quilt.

This is what I have so far. I added darker browns and pinks to make it match the bedroom a bit more. Very exciting... except that I have no idea how to put that together. I mean, I can sort out the borders and all, but I have no idea how to cut/sew/line things up in a way that will make those little pink in-between sqares look just right. They'll be pretty big, maybe 3x3" so if they're all lopsided, it'll definitely show.

I'm looking around online, but suggestions are definitely welcome.

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