I made the Mariner Star from JN and found it very easy to follow (it was my 4th quilt). I have one pattern that I paid a pretty penny for from JDJ and honestly it scares me (and I am now on 3-4 quilts per year over a 10 year period, so not a beginner by any means)!
It is one of the older ones and many of the patterns have to be copied multiple times so that you can cut them apart and use them. That and the language translation issues have stopped me from trying. And the fact that I counted that you need quite a few shades of each color (I seem to remember it was close to 100 total) and one some you needed such a small amount that even a fat qtr was too big.
If I remembered how to post a pic I would post my JN one.....my son was so little in the picture and is now 14 and taller than me! I wouldn't hesitate to do another JN (still have the Wedding/Bali Star pattern but it is one of the older versions)
Last edited by luvspaper; 01-29-2015 at 12:16 PM.