A New Project Decision

I've been hemming and hawing over a rather large and involved project. 

While I've been sitting on the fence over the decision whether or not to do it, time has been ticking away. The deadline is getting closer - November 2nd.  I sit here and just shake my head at myself.

Late last Saturday, I bit the bullet and measured out the background fabric. It's pressed and has the center lines marked lightly with pencil, for registration marks.

The design is still coming together in my brain.  It is a complete departure from what I had been thinking about for months and sketching out for this quilt.  So, I'm at the very beginning of this project and will need to get up and running very quickly!