Linda....... Super...your sister is fortunate to have a sister like you :-)
Sharon...Thanks....yep, I think 5 for December is enough.....I was sewing away with all nine and wasn't paying attention and ending up joining them together incorrectly - and then I looked at those tiny blocks and knew that I wasn't going to take them apart - I wasn't interested in making more - and so I decided to make the 5 work....and I think they did :-)......I happy to have completed the top - now I need to shop for something to put on the back....I can't find anything in my stash.... I love the way it looks finished - and it is really much bigger than I was thinking.....a really nice size actually...