I'm using this antique doll quilt, which is only eight inches square, as the inspiration for my first piece. My patchwork blocks will be one-and-half inch square, instead of the one inch square used here. The quilt will be made up of twelve, nine-patch blocks, set three by four. The quilt top will measure thirteen and a half inches by eighteen inches, without borders. I will need to cut out one-hundred and eight squares. I'll post a photo of my cut out squares as soon as I've finished ironing, marking, and cutting them out. Yes, I do it the old fashioned way by making a plastic template, marking on the wrong side of the fabric with a pencil, and then laboriously cutting each one out, using my mother's old sewing shears. I do have a rotary cutter but it scares me to death (I've heard and read too many horror stories about women who've cut themselves badly using them) so I very seldom use it.
