Triciasquilts, I’m very curious what you did to make the pattern easier? Despite what Lucky Patsy's "Mom" says about the precise piecing, it was a bit hard getting them all sashed correctly. The blocks were so large that finishing it, and getting all the seams to line up, was a bugger. In the end I did a pretty good job, though honestly I think an experienced quilter would have done much better work of it than I did. It’s off about 1/16th in the middle, but with the interlocking you can’t really tell. I thought the woven lines more important than the seam. Once it’s quilted, that minor flaw should fade from sight.
I’ve decided to outline quilt instead of ditch so that each piece puffs out and the weave shows; though truthfully I’m unsure about my thinking on this.