Eco Warrior

Believe it or not I am finally starting the quilt for our couch.  (I’ve only been thinking about it, almost starting it and then putting all of my supplies away for almost a year now) Since I couldn’t decide on a color palette, I was looking on Pinterest for ideas.  I showed this quilt to Ryan and he said he liked it better than some of the other patterns I had showed him.  

Image from http://craftyblossom.blogspot.com/2010/12/custom-patchwork-quilt.html

So, now I’ve been busy cutting random 5 inch by 5 inch squares.

 

The pile on the left is the actual 5x5 squares and the pile on the right is the strips left over.  Before last night I had less than 50 squares cut. 

I stayed up and cut fabric until 11pm.  Now, I only have about 45 more squares left to cut.  Those remaining squares just might need to wait a bit but getting that much closer feels pretty nice.  I might piece together some of my scrap strips to create a few of the last 5 x 5 squares?!  Any thoughts?

Also, I tried laying out a few rows to see how it might look.  Should I just pick completely random pieces to put next to one another or do I play with it a little to make it look random but make sure that I like which colors are next to each other?  I can’t decide and I would love some feedback.

Hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend!