Current Project - The X's Quilt

I am currently working on a quilt made of jewel toned fabrics. I particularly liked this pattern because the blocks are set on the diagonal and the pattern encourages you to create both high- and low-contrasting blocks. I purchased the quilt kit including all but the backing from Patched Works Inc. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  The pattern is called "IsoTaupe" from the July/August 2007 Quilter's Newsletter Magazine. 

Here is the quilt featured in the magazine:

Here are a few of my blocks laid out on my design wall:

The quilt is composed of 179 blocks and each block looks like this:

I work on this quilt between other projects and hope to complete it within the year (hopefully!).