Thank you to all those that responded.
In hindsight, I now realize I needed a "pressing" plan. I did really good about butting all my seams up in the initial 9 patch and also when I joined 9 patch to 9 patch. When I begin making the final joining of rows 1 and 2 (only have 5 long pieces to join) I came to a dead stop this afternoon because I couldn't figure out how to fix this without having to pull it all out.
Going forward, now that I have the experience of making a quilt, I'll pay more attention and plan on how I press the pieces together.
My biggest concern was having a "knot" or big bump in the middle of the quilt, but it doesn't sound like that's going to be an issue if I end up twisting the seam.
Thank you for all the ideas.