Quilt in Progress

I've been working on a new quilt this month. I was inspired by a pillow sham my mother-in-law sent as well as some pirate motif fabrics my sister gave me - both with my "piratologist" husband in mind.
It took a while for me to come up with the right pattern and I finally found one in a Debbie Mumm book which has a nice masculine and "Sou'western" flavor. I didn't want the quilt to come off too juvenile and the colors of the pirate motif fabrics are a bit loud, so I chose the maroons and browns and beiges to tone the overall look down into something more restful for the eye.
This is a snapshot of the three different blocks used arranged int the proper order. It's funny how you can't see the forrest for the trees when you are working on individual blocks. It wasn't until I arranged these on my design wall and then viewed them through the camera lens that I really saw the pattern.