Poxcoellie, You sure are way up on 395. Never made it up that far when I was stationed in Sacramento. If it weren't for the Marines and Navy her in 29, this place would be a ghost town with the exception of the city slickers who come up to Joshua Tree Nat'l Park. I was out collecting more paving rock for my driveway, and I got to meet another snake, though not a rattlesnake. This one had black stripes on a light coloured body. We went our own ways.
I finally came to the same conclusion eparys. I will just test out my stash of materials, and toss what doesn't pass the test. Then I will just try piecing together 4 inch squares I purchased. I get the feeling I need to alternate everry once in a while, solid coloured cloth, but don't have any. So I am just piecing together two similar coloured blocks of different patterns until I can obtain the border cloth.
And yes, this will be fun, and it will keep me busy while I hunkier down for the hot summer.