How to make a baby's patchwork quilt

To make a baby's patchwork quilt you will need some time, some patience and some more time. And a bit more patience.

This is an endurance project - you're not going to get this finished in a day, probably not in a week. But when it's finished you will be left with a piece of art which will see a child through from baby to toddler through his or her most formative years - so let's make it a good one!
The finished quilt will measure 90cm long by 70cm wide. The patchwork made of of triangles and hexagons is called baby block.

First thing's first, you will need:
3 different colours, light, medium and dark - to be sure, get a metre sq of each fabric.
Backing material - 92cm x 72 cm
Cotton wadding - 92cm x 72cm
An equilateral diamond shape card with 6cm sides plus a 1cm seam allowance (you can buy these as templates - it has to be accurate!)

Cut out plenty of diamond shapes in each of your three colour materials:

Using a 1cm seam sew the backs of three diamonds together to form a hexagon

Once you have several of these, start to join the hexagons together:
It will look like this on the back:
Once you have a shape that is roughly 80cm x 60cm, stop:
Now you need to create a 5cm boarder out of dark and medium coloured fabric - 3cm light sandwiched between two 1cm dark strips (each with a 1cm seam allowance)

Sew the boarder to your hexagons, then sandwich the wadding between your patchwork and backing fabric and sew together with a 1cm seam. You're back hurts, your eyes are bloodshot and you've got pins and cotton all over the floor, I know. But just look at what you're left with: