Thank you all for your kind comments! :oops:
The pattern of the finished quilt is an adaptation of Eleanor Burns' 9 Patch and Stripes from her Still Stripping After 25 Years book. That pattern actually makes 2 quilts at once (one with positive 9 patches and negative stripes, the other with negative 9 patches and positive stripes); for the finished quilt, I mixed the positive and negative blocks in the same quilt. The first ones I did from that pattern are here: http://www.quiltingboard.com/posts/list/6285.page
The quilt on the design wall is Eleanor Burns' (as a newby, I like her directions!) Bits and Pieces blocks. I just made notes from watching her show on that block on Quilter's TV. The center of the quilt is a combination of a Fons and Porter block called Spin Wheel (May/June 2008 magazine) that I added the star points to. I sewed the whole thing to fusible interfacing, and will appliqué it onto the center.