thank you everyone. It's so very nice to receive such positive feedback from those you value
The ideas for the quilting are very similar to those I was thinking - very helpful
The idea of incorporating shooting stars is perfect. thank you all again.
Oh, and yes. We got 12.5 inches of snow by yesterday morning. I sure hope its the last for the season LOL Oh, and most interesting.... we saw 6 Robbins in the trees while it was snowing!!