I birthed a quilt!

After 9 months of intense sewing, some difficult pains now and then, and a 35 page instruction book all I made was this quilt.
When I initially cut all the pieces out it was 1,753 pieces but that number greatly increased with all cross-cutting and putting pieces back together. I handed the quilt off last Friday to get quilted by my friend and long-arm quilter Melodee. The anticipation is growing to finally get this little baby (88''x101'') finished!