The Friendship Stars that came back were indeed, uhhhhh SCRAPPY!, and while we all HOPE they will blend nicely together, the great variety appeared scarey and possibly overwhelming - many of us were doubting! Possibly, you also have occasionally endured the same unsettling thought -- the "how can this ever turn out?" doubt.
As soon as we started playing with borders, the quilt almost designed itself! Adding that ribbon border also gave it the almost-finished look we were hoping for. Lastly, the quilting, done by our friend Chell, absolutely took our project from "a Raffle Quilt" to "Stunning !" Wow - this is a lesson - finish your UFO quilts! Remember? "Quilting Makes the Quilt!" I'm including a link to her site - I'll bet you'll agree it's a lovely finish! (She has better photos, as well!) A binding and label will finish it.
Separate subject - jigsaw puzzles. I gave DH a birthday (December) puzzle that would take a long time to complete (you know, long, cold dreary January) !!! Uhhhh -- success! I shopped at this site. My gosh, the choices available are astonishing and you can narrow your choices by age, themes, sizes, # of pieces - there was no end of options. This is 1000 pieces, but what they didn't say for this choice was that many of the pieces are interchangeable - this one was NOT easy! Good thing we didn't need the table for 2 months! BTW, DH loves boats. Not many gifts can last this long! LOL
Notice the almost identical shapes of those all-blue sky pieces!!!