How thoughtful to make a smaller version to take along. I would not be surprised if it never comes home to he US but is left as a gift for a special individual in Uganda. Have you asked that they bring back or send back some fabric from Uganda? Every time one of my friends of family travel out of the US, I ask for a yard of fabric from that country. Something that is native to that country. Someday I will make an international quilt to document all of the travels of my friend and family. It has been fun and will be a unique quilt.