Girlfriend, I think I used 7 colors with 4 shades/tints of each, so 28 fabrics. I cut them from fat quarters.
The pattern is the Desert Nine Patch shown in Keepsake Quilting Winter 2013. The blocks are on-point in that quilt, but I didn't put mine on point. The size of laying the blocks straight fit my dimensions better. I also like the diagonal lines in that layout.
postal packin' mama, here is the quilt that was appraised at $1,725 by an AQS certified appraiser. I was shocked! It was a block of the month quilt, Ramblin' Rose Meets Jamestown by Marti Michell.