While on vacation in Arkansas to visit Joey and Rachel and Avery and Ansley, the thought to do this hit me and Rachel and I did the V-8 forehead smack..."Why didn't I think to bring all the squares to show you....and she said, "yeah and we could put it together!" So my dear husband mailed them to us and luckily they got there over the weekend and me, Joey and Rachel rearranged the squares like those little puzzle games where one square is missing and you shuffle them till you have them in the right order. We tried all blues on one end and all greens on the other, we tried mixing it all up we tried alternating blues and greens. Finally we realized we had enough greens to be the corners and went with that as our basis and kept moving blues around till it looked balanced. Perhaps some of you experienced quilters have a better eye and would see a better way but this is what we three came up with. We also chose the backing for the quilt but I will wait till we get it all done to show that....my heart felt thanks to Rachel and Joey for their input and to Rachel for thinking out the measurements and logistics for this old brain of mine. It was so fun! If only all the steps to put this together could be that fun!!! I want to mention I do have two extra squares....that came in from Roseanne and Roslyn (sorry if they are not spelled right), that came after we got it put together....so I am going to make pillows to go wtih the quilt out of those two and that will be an amazing set!!! Can't wait to complete it! love and thanks to you all!!!
