So excited! a new fabric store is opening today not terribly far from where I live, and I am going to pay them a visit and purchase fabrics for my AOTH quilt before I go in to work. I hope to find a good selection of jewel-tone batiks and my black yardage. I believe that I will do Raw-edge applique for this quilt, with possibly a small button-hole/blanket stitch for the larger pieces and maybe just a straight stitch around the edges of the smaller pieces. Now I just need to have the perseverance to finish all the blocks. Lol. Especially since I know exactly where I want to hang the quilt! The big decision at the moment is whether I want to cut my book apart for ease of copying or not. Probably that's a yes...