Lovely addition Carrie! You know, the internet and being able to post pictures like this is so fun instead of months of silence...
Just wanted to say about my top in case I didn't before -- my goal/hope is to get something back that looks like nothing I make! I mean, I have lots of quilts that look like "me". My first idea for a center was very different, very much more "me", and very much bigger! Too big for the group. So I decided to go for something that was more open design-wise and am figuring my cat will be smack dab in the center of my square so I get to only see what's around it anyway. When I say, go for it! feel free to do so.
I think I have my actual subunits for my round just about made, last round of (2) seams to finish them just ahead. I haven't laid it out other than paper and my head and still have a couple of choices to make. Looking good so far.
In computer gaming, we have to come up with short terms for emotional situations. When you are just overwhelmed by something wonderful and cute like baskets of puppies, the correct term is "Squeee" with some variation on the number of eees. Well, when I opened up my package from Reba it was definitely a squeee. And shiny! Definitely shiny.