Altaires- way to go. And, to a really good cause. Well done!
Quiltermama - I love to applique. But, stems are my nemesis until I discovered a product called "Perfect Stems" by Karen Kay Buckley (Amazon, I think is about $8.00). No more bias tape stuff. Super easy and perfect finish. She has a you tube on it.
OKsewglad.....love the 4P design. I need to just bite the bullet and buy the EQ program. That's so cool to work on design.
i worked on SBS blocks today and finished 4 of them. Then cut out some appliqué blocks to work on for this quilt. My quilter has illness in house again so I couldn't take the 100th birthday quilt to her today. However, my patriotic panel QOV was received by recipient and he called from Pittsburgh very emotional. Which means, I got very emotional...After the messy cries, we laughed and giggled. So happy he loved it!