I have 2 fabric maps of the world for my boy's room that I am going to make curtains of. (they are meant to be quilted) They are bright primary colours, and it has taken me so long that I think some of the borders have changed! Oh well. I want to do a border along the bottom with the top 10 of different things (mountains with heights, rivers with lengths, etc) but so far I have done nothing.

Alas, I too have a large ufo pile.

My hint for getting these "hangers-on" finished is to work on it for only 15 minutes each day. Set a kitchen timer and when it rings, you're done for the day. It doesn't seem like much time, but if you do it consistently, you'll finish much more than you ever thought possible. This is how I get my boring needlepoint backgrounds done.

If you decide to make it, try holding down the squares with fabric spray mount as basting alone didn't really hold them well for me. They slipped around a bit when I was sewing them. But you probably have access to a better sewing machine than I do.

Sue - thought about the pillow, but it would be one crazy enormous pillow. It's probably going to end up a wall-hanging, which could be neat in his room when Jack is no longer a baby and more a "kid." So happy to meet another nerd crafter.

Harriet - believe it or not, I saved the yardage of the weirdo canvas. So I CAN adjust according to the scientific advancements that have been made. I also might test bleaching or otherwise distressing the fabric to take the eye-stabbing colors down a notch. The lanthanides and actinides are in a ziploc bag, not yet sewn together (SO PSYCHED that you noticed!). And now I'm loving the Amish black idea. Will have to look at both black and white. Thank you!!