Yes, I did do my scallops as seperate pieces, because that's what was on my software, and I could enlarge them a bit to fit my slightly larger inbetween tris (cos of my wider sashing).
Meredith, if you do your AOTH blocks at 10in finished, the applique pieces will be easier to get round. I enlarged the patterns in the book by 142% and they look eminently doable by machine, though I do intend to needleturn them myself, because I like having some hand sewing to do in the evenings.
If you want us to move off here, please feel free to reconvene at my PDA for AOTH discussions.