Hi, Vickie -- welcome from Louisiana! I don't think anyone in this group is doing the BOM. Gus (our group leader) came up with a schedule that mixes easy, moderate, and difficult blocks. The schedule is in the first post of this thread. I've thought about making the blue and white BOM with Stitchin' Heaven, but it seems awfully expensive. On the other hand, by the time you purchase the background fabric and the rest of the fabric, you've probably come close to spending that much and the fabric's chosen for you. You'll find dozens of finished DJ's in the quilt qallery on this form and if you google Dear Jane quilt you'll find loads of them. That'll help you decide if you want to go with the traditional Civil War fabrics, or batiks, or retro, or lots of other choices. As far as deciding on the procedure for making the blocks, I recommend that you get the computer software so you can print out the patterns. The software is an Electric Quilt product, but you don't need Electric Quilt to use it. There are also a number of tutorials on the internet that show the techniques used on the blocks. Take a look at this one:
http://www.thatquilt.blogspot.com/