Starting my retreat

My retreat started today.
DD is off to Band Camp --She made the first band.
I started trimming the GS pieces.  They are ALL Different sizes. :(
It is like a canvas material, not sure what it really is.
Soooo, it is going to be simple.  I'm going to zig zag the edges together after I find a common size for columns.

I'll border with something patriotic.
I think I need to work on something else too, so I don't give up on it.