Ruth - thanks very much! I actually used the quilt as a learning tool. I was still a beginner when I started it and I tackled the easier blocks first and worked my way up to the more difficult ones. In some cases I took shortcuts, like eliminating Y seams by making a corner square into two corner triangles. Gradually my skills increased and I would say I'm at the intermediate level now.
It's easy to pick and choose with a large sampler like this. There are some applique blocks and we have quilters who have no interest in trying them, so they either skip them completely or substitute non-applique blocks. It's a lot of fun.