Hi all-  Jim asked me to send out a reminder for the size of the challenge squares - the squares to be made using fabric we handed out in May...one piece for boys, one for girls.  The squares should be 12 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches...once they are in a quilt they will finish to 12 x 12 inches.  If you didn't get any pieces of the challenge fabric and would like some... let me know. I'll get some to you somehow. Colette J has already finished something like 4 blocks with the girl fabric and 2 with the boy fabric... and her square are fun!!  I'm at PL Institute right now....wrapping up the first day. Took a couple of classes of very easy quilts...one from Gina Halladay of Threaded Pear Quilts and one from Pat Speth of 5 Inch is a Cinch. Both kind of scrappy quilts so some great ideas for using some fabric. In fact, the second class was done with 5 inch squares... and they were some of the oddest fabrics I could imagine and I was not liking the looks of the blocks at all. But here's the magic! Once I put them together... a bit of sashing between... it looks really nice! I'll post some pictures tomorrow.  EXPO is tomorrow...lots of ideas, make and take booths, and a couple more classes! Karen Loucks Rinedollar has written a book that was just published on the Project Linus story...she has that here. I'll send another note tomorrow with an update and some photos!  I'll put these all on the blog once I can get back in.... password issues.  And for those who are wondering - I did finish my challenge quilt!!!!!!! It's a miracle!!!  gina