Mirabelle...I'm planning to stop at the shop where the author of that book works when I go to Wisconsin in a couple of weeks. Sure you don't want a signed copy too? I just made a 4 inch star for the center of a block and those pieces are to tiny. All of the DJ blocks that have been posted are amazing. You ladies are real craftsmen...women! Maybe someday day but for now I'm enjoying the larger blocks. Tomorrow I go to a quilt show in Amish territory in Illinois with my QBs which will include a couple of unique quilt shops and an Amish restaurant where the food is good and you can just soak up a bit of the area. We'll find a country road on the way back to enjoy glimpses from the road of a different way of living. Should be a fun day. Nothing planted yet in the garden but some cleanup, rearranging and finding places for more perennials. Spring always brings a new start!