That quilt is amazing! I don't think I'd need anything as complicated as that. I'm planning on just joining simple squares together for the patchwork side of things. I don't know a lot about quilting, but I imagine it would all be straight lines? I'm in Windsor, so a bit too far from Wagga to drop over and borrow your machine. My sister thinks that a couple of our aunts may be able to do the quilting for me, so I guess I do have options (I just don't want to pick up the phone and call them!).

I guess it's a matter of playing with measurements and figuring out a layout that would work. I figure I don't need to make a firm decision on whether it becomes a quilt or a quilt cover until much further down the track - I'm looking at around 28 (because 26 doesn't have nice factors!) individual pieces of cross stitch before things get pieced together... it's a project of years, I suspect.

As for the afghan - I started it while pregnant with Sam and had hoped to get it finished before he was born. Work and premature birth ensured that didn't happen... by the time it was finished he was far too big to wrap up in it, so it mostly floats around in his room and would occasionally get used as an extra cover for him on cold nights.

BW