OMG!!! All I can say is that it's a good thing I WAS sitting down. It is beautiful. I think you're right about sewing it together, they look great like that. But I would still like to play with it a bit to be sure, as I've had another idea in my head for a while.
I can't wait for it to arrive back in Maine and see it in person.
I can't thank ALL of you enough. I know that when we started this we didn't know anything about each other and didn't know what to expect, but you have all gone WAY above and beyond as far as I'm concerned. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!