Thank you all bunches! Sharon and Marsha I guess I can write down the quilt's making history in a nice card and send that with the quilt to Christy. She will be keeping this quilt at her house to use with this grandbaby and future grandbabies. I know she and her daughters will treasure it and keep it in family for future generations. I am going to show it to one of my friends at church and then my elderly hair-dresser wants to see it too before I mail it. I showed it to my Mom last weekend before I had the lace sewed on and she loved it. So hopefully by the end of next week will get it mailed to Christy. Hmmm future projects, well I have several, first priority is to spend the next 6 weeks finishing embroidering the 2nd pillowcase for my Grandma's Christmas present. During this time I will also be making three 12" quilt blocks and framing them - one of our close family friends his grandparents passed during the past year and his mom gave me fabric that belonged to his grandma and great-grandma - the fabric is really old and I am not going to wash it for fear it might fall apart in the wash - I am not sure yet if I am going to machine sew or hand-sew the blocks, but would like to get them done by the end of September - I am still searching online for just the right block (s) patterns to use on these 3 blocks. And for our friend's mom I thought I would take a large piece of fabric as background inside a large frame and frame some of her mom's vintage 50 cent clothing patterns as a nice momento as a keepsake for his mom. Then I need to hand-sew all 100 of my parents' Card Tricks quilt blocks together to make their quilt top which I hope to quilt in 2014 - I just don't think I am going to be able to get it hand-quilted in 2013. My Mom is cleaning out her house and reclaiming her space. 20 years ago when we kids went to college Mom's dream was to turn one of our bedrooms in to her own sewing room - so for Christmas I am giving her a new sewing box & notions and my sister will be helping me buy things to go in her sewing box - and this will all be done in hopes to keep her motivated to create her own sewing room. I just bought her sewing box today. And when my Mom visited last Saturday she brought me some old quilt blocks that grandma (my dad's mom) made before she died - the fabric is quite old so am going to frame some of these for me and my sister - I am not sure what the pattern is called it's like a 4 quadrant block made of the half circle fan blocks. My husband wants a "5-year" lighthouse quilt queensize so I got the largest drawing pad I could get at Hobby Lobby today - I am going to draw and hand piece a large lighthouse landscape in the center of the quilt - and am still deciding on the rest of the quilt design. Then my son wants a Lego quilt twin-size for his bed - that will be a 2014 project. In between all these projects I want to work on some queen-size quilts for me to keep - a scrappy autumn colors Scattered Leaves quilt ( I have the pattern templates made and I have the fabric just have not gotten around to starting it yet), a Granny Square and Flower Applique quilt, a Lily Pond Crazy quilt with lots of embellishment, a future quilt down the road maybe attempt a Grandma's Flower Garden quilt (I am still debating this as I don't want it to become a UFO), And I would like to make a lighthouse landscape quilted wall-hanging or 3 12" x 12" lighthouse landscape framed quilt blocks to go above our bed to match the quilt he wants. These are things I would like to do, but it will take me many years to accomplish it all. That's my short-term list. Best to you and thanks bunches, Sandra

Susan, Your quilt is precious! I, too, like the animal print and think it adds just the right interest. Sorry for your loss. I remember that feeling of wanting to share things with my mom, too. It was a very long time before it wasn't my first thought when I had good news about children or grands. Now I just generally think how she would be pleased. Glad you are quilting again. It is such a pleasure. Keep sharing what you do with us. Sally

Hi Peggie  I worked up the block in my EQ. I assume when you want a 16 1/2" block that what you want it 16" finished. Here are the measurements EQ says for a 16" block: For the larger HST start with a 6 1/8" square For the smaller QST start with a 6 1/2" square I hope that helps. Nina

Thanks for your response, Lynn. I don't think it matters if it is flat or fitted. I have thought of just making a regular quilt top, probably 36" X 36" or whatever measurement is correct for her table, and using a thin batting, and then a coordinating fabric for the backing so it could be reversible. I could sew on ties and she would be able to tie the four corners to the table legs so it wouldn't slide around. That's probably what I will end up doing as it seems less complicated than a fitted top.