oy! mp! so sorry!
You got a lot of good suggestions about the quilting...as for the can opener...how about: ditch it and put the family on a diet, lol!
I know that would never go over at my house.
Your quilt is just wonderful. I love to make things that have meaning to them.
I'm wondering how I can make blocks for my hubby under his nose.
I will probably do one and then something else and then another...etc., etc., etc. and he won't know it's his.
No hand quilting for me though. (fibro.)
It would take me a month of Sundays and more. :-D