Thanks stillclock. Making this quilt is a little like giving birth, after it is over and you have a quilt to admire, you forget most of the pain. Making these new sample blocks brought it back a bit. The larger size of strips will definitely make it a bit easier but it is still a very labor intensive quilt.
DDuMouchel--I used rainbow batiks for my original Ohmigosh and loved how it came out (I grouped the colors together and moved from one color to the next going from light to dark in a diagonal direction-but I've also seen the colors mixed up and that looks great too).
I have purchased a huge collection of blues, aquas, teals, greens, and complimenting light backgrounds for a Judy Martin log cabin. I like the colors and fabrics so much, I'm going to use those for this Ohmigosh as well. I also want to make a blue/green Storm at Sea someday. So many quilts to make, so little time!!!