Sounds like we will have lots of batik stars.
Jan--I am sure your quilt will be beautiful! You just have to put the blocks together and not in "the box".
KalamaQuilts--sorry, I only have Win7. I would just contact them...I went to their "contact technical support" page and they have Win8 listed in their "operating system" drop down.
http://quiltpro.com/tech/contact.php