After everyone completed their awesome contributions, because we didn't have embroidery hoops so some of the blocks got a little wonky, I squared up those that needed it with a sea-themed fabric to meet the 9x9 standard block size in order to put it all together. I decided to forego a more complicated framing and kept things simple, showing off the various blue-backed blocks with a simple forest-themed flannel so that the blocks and people's work was the focus. I backed the quilt with a wood-grained cotton, and (not shown) hand-tied the four corners of each block with multi-colored yarn.
It was a lot of fun undertaking this project all together! Hope that Baby Caitlin enjoys her gift from her 'work' family!