Civil War Nine Patch Challenge

The girls and I found a book with some wonderful period quilts in it.  We have all perused it's pages thoroughly and decided we would each make a Civil War nine patch quilt.  I am using fabrics that are rich in the tone of the Civil War period, while Marsha has chosen to use western type fabrics, and Astrid is using her Asian fabrics, mostly Japanese and Korean.  Jane is still busy quilting all of her January tutorial quilts, but will be surprising us with whatever she decides to do with this challenge.
We all met the other week and got our first block finished (except for Jane), so Jane took our photo with our blocks.  This shows the different style that fabrics play in creating quilts.

L to R: Kirsten, Marsha, Astrid

I have never hand quilted, so I have decided to hand-quilt my Civil War nine patch quilt.  I think this is going to be exciting! Oh, I do realize it will take me longer to finish mine, since it will be hand-quilted.  I better get to work!!