This is the card that came enclosed with the quilt. Inside are the names of all the people who contributed. Lisa Ash (Illinois), Christina Auch (Virginia), Sheri Codiana (California), The Corrigans (Alberta), Curtis Eaton (BC), Joann Evanowski (New Jersey), The Haeckys (California), Kate Hughes (England), Pat Kamstra and family (Alberta), Anne and Andrew Karolyi (Ontario), Mary Kelly and family (Alberta), Asher Kelman, The Kollmanns (Germany), The Kroners (California), The Kennedys (Australia and BC), Dawn Lawson (Alberta), John Longarini and family (Alberta), Dave Peterson and family (BC), Bryan and Marie Routledge (Pennsylvania), Laura Seeking (BC), Mary Spencer (North Carolina), Jennifer Thompson (BC), Jane Todd (Florida), Jerri Van Beek (Texas), and Julia Wells (Ontario).

Mark was tipped off a couple of days ahead of time that "something" would be arriving and that he should be prepared to take pictures. So here I am opening the Fed Ex box and unfolding the quilt for the first time!

Here is the beautiful quilt in its entirety! I put it down on the floor so I could look at the card, and our cat Macska immediately took an interest! (She's headed straight for the fish!)

I was mesmerized as I read through the list of contributors. (Macska, on the other hand, was checking out how it felt to lie on the quilt in various positions!)

After chasing the cat away, I spent ages just marvelling over the magnitude of the gift, touching each and every square.

The square I was looking at on the back of the quilt is the one made by Asher indicating that the talented quiltmaster was Christina.

I will be keeping the quilt close at hand to show everyone I know what special friends I've got. I think the ultimate home for the quilt will be above our bed, as shown above. I hung it there temporarily to get a full-size photo, then suddenly realized what a perfect spot I had found.

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