Anael--Praying for Isa's surgery.
Bev--sounds like other than the car trouble that you had a nice time. Thanks for sharing.
OK--for the 50 fabrics quilt, you could do a D9P using a charm pack (40 fabrics) plus 10 more fabrics. Not sure if you are looking to make a quilt or something smaller. If they are having a party, the 10 extra fabrics could be more solid and used for signature blocks to be signed at the party.
Jan--you can't put your Rosie quilt in "the box"!! Are you quilting the Christmas one or the batik one? If it is going in your box, let me know and maybe I can send you some fabric in exchange.
Don't give up completely on the FMQ...maybe pull out some of the blocks in your box to practice some more. I don't have any suggestions as I haven't really attempted FMQ yet. Do you have anyone nearby that can come over and give you one on one help?