Sounds like a fun time for all the Muv extended family!
Your must be getting close to having all your applique work done, I'm thinking.
And your original goal of quilt top finished for October looks totally do-able ... then the winter to do the quilting?
Muv ... take a look at this thread, post # 1, third picture, as well as post #25
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...a-t198267.html
BTW re the photo with the Queen, shows the person I have done the display with meeting and speaking with HRH during her 2002 Canadian visit.