Just a thought from a grandmother of 7. Perhaps plan your quilt for 52 squares and not even squares of the same size. For the first week make a wholecloth design. For the next week do a square that has two fabrics, then three, etc. You can get ideas for the squares from lots of websites or books. At some point you might want to limit the number of fabrics to several of the latest she used for backgrounds. Some of the squares could be postage stamp style using a piece of each fabric used to that point such as a four patch, a nine patch, a sixteen patch, a twenty-five patch, etc. This sounds like a really fun project. Good luck to both of you for keeping up the pace and finishing it for baby's first birthday.