Finished! I like using the extra nine patches as the border - perhaps I could have done another solid border, but since I don’t have an immediate purpose for this quilt I didn’t want to add extra fabric to it that wouldn’t suit some imaginary future purpose.
I will say that it did drive me a bit nuts that the width was such that it took 12 blocks for the border one way, and 14 2/3rds of a block for the other way. Having an even number of blocks meant that it’s not quite centered the way I want. Alas.
I straight line quilted it after 3 false starts to FMQ it (that’s the universe taunting me for giving a lecture on how to FMQ to the AMQG and talking about it in the podcast). Those nine patches have sooooo many seams and my thread and needle was just not having it.
The back is incredibly scrappy (as is the binding). I used the rest of the nine patches and then whatever large pieces I had in addition. I like this fabric line, but I’m glad to not have it sitting in my stash asking me to be used for something.