I've been working on 3 D9P's for 10 months. I absolutely hate them. These are for my children, their first bed sized. I thought I'd picked a quick and easy pattern....but all patterns seem easy when I stitch them with my quilt club. Lots of firsts in this one. I used the length of fabric instead of width for one of them because I didn't realize the stripe was going the wrong way. It's lightening mcqueen fabric, so there is an up/down and a left/right. I figured out a real 1/4 is useless compared to a scant. ALL the blocks came out different sizes. One one of them, I didn't realize I used a different ruler to cut one out, I really thought all my rulers were the same width...um...no. I've always pillowcased my small/baby quilts. This is the first and LAST time I will pillowcase twin size quilts. I've wanted to shoot myself since these things got cut. But..they are for my kids and now they know so I can't just shove them in my closet and forget they exist.
So....I have plenty of quilts to be done this year, including another D9P, though a smaller version. SO...I hope to get them all finished ASAP (they are all in the same stage, hole now stitched, so all I have left to do is tie tack)...I won't start my new projects until these are done...I'm so glad they aren't going on my bed so I dont' have to look at them. My 5 year old has decided all 3 are "bootiful" so I smile and say thanks.