Christine, thanks for the feedback. It is reassuring.
I have the book, the CD (thanks to DH not knowing what to buy me for Christmas)and I have a light mottled caramel background fabric and a few strip sets of mottled solids in earth and garden tones.
Just waiting for the tech guru to load the software onto my notebook (it doesn't have a disk drive, so he will load to a thumbdrive for me to transfer).
This is a quilt companion project, my friend who lives quite a ways away will be simultaneously working on hers, if she can make her mind up between cream/reds combo, or light green background with small floral prints. She has been pondering possibilities for at least 3 weeks. I get to tease her about it because we've been best friends for so long. . . .