Thank you Kristi and Ibex.
The fabric I chose for blocks is a hard one. I think it would have made a better tablecloth than quilt! I know all of you can pull something off with it, tho.
The pic of the tulips was right after they arrived. Since then I have trimmed the bottoms of the stems and tore off the lowest leaves, freeing up room in the vase. They are doing pretty well, still. I change the water daily and use the reverse osmosis spigot rather than regular water with chlorine, et all in it. Fresh flowers love it! They are still looking nice.