It’s Friday... 24 hours to go. We have finished the last errands, and will repack our checked luggage today, making sure each meets weight requirements. It looks like we may have more women participating than I had dreamed - we bought extra cutters and mats on faith, planning to have one for each participant. But, now it doesn’t appear that we will have one for everyone; we’ll let strategic friends decide who gets what. Pray for wisdom as they do that - and for stamina for everyone involved.

I think we have all we need for ourselves; we may have to use a shoe horn to pack our things in our carry-ons. Since we have some required needs - e.g., a cervical pillow - that means less room for toothpaste. This is a new adventure for me - am hoping to take just what I need and nothing superfluous.

The second block is above - called Garden of Eden - and is a traditional pattern. We all tried to put flowered fabric in this block, since it isn’t an obvious garden.