Thank you very much for your generous comments... I am blushing!
I guess I became determined after many months of not knowing what to do l
Most of all, I hated to leave it unfinished and having to say "I can't"... that's why it took me so long! No plans, not even sewing rows one at a time, it went in all directions, leaving it for months at a time, going back to it for a few weeks, but boy, did I learn a lot...
I beleive in .... when there's a will, there's a way... call me stubborn also, it's ok! loll