Work in progress, but almost there!

Today is a big day - it's quilt day!  I've been working on a quilt since November.  Its my first real quilt.  I made one in the past, but not with the whole process of measuring, cutting, piecing, and quilting.  This is what the old one looks like: (the purple behind it is my bedspread, so please ignore)

What it's made of is a whole bunch of cut up t-shirts.  I was on the swim team in high school, and we made t-shirts for almost every meet of the season, for all four of my seasons.  So when I graduated, I cut up all the shirts, and sewed together the parts with writing on them to make a big quilt.  Unfortunately, the bits with writing were not all the same size, so it took a really long time to get it all together, and there were gaps that had to be covered up later with smaller t-shirt bits.

But now, I'm at home with a sewing machine again, and I finally started my first real quilt!  In November, I bought all the fabrics (which I'm still only so-so on their matching-ness), and started cutting.  I made disappearing nine squares for each block, and at last I've gotten to the point where I can piece it together.  I think I'm about 1 work hour away from having a completed quilt top!  Then I'll need to buy some backing and batting, and hopefully I'll be done soon!!!  Here's where I'm at:

I can't decide if I like it better with or without flash.  My apartment really doesn't have that much natural light, so it's tough to take good pictures.  But there it is!