Well, Harriet, DH did talk to them on the phone day after Christmas...and once a couple weeks ago when Quilt should have been there... just chalking it up to a less-than-close relationship.
One good thing about quilt book not arriving, I've been designing in my head, and have somewhat changed a few ideas. I think I didn't mention that I asked DD2 for some things when she wanted Christmas ideas, and I have now in my posession a new cutting mat, 24" x 36" - it's huge! and an acrylic ruller, 6 1/2" x 24 1/2", also huge! She also managed to get me a new cutting wheel for my rotary cutter.
DD2 knows nothing about any of this stuff, so she did really well. My current tools were all on the small size and I was using scissors for lots of stuff because I didn't have proper tools. This should speed up things quite a bit.