I couldn't get on this train, but have been watching goings on. Beautiful quilts have been made with this pattern. I may be able to do this one at later time. Hopefully I will be able to catch the next train.
Judy, that is how I did my last two QAYG quilts. The first one I did 12" blocks 5 wide into a panel and 6 rows, adding each panel to the previous one. I didn't do free motion quilting. I stitched around my blocks pattern and left about two inches unquilted then picked up the stitching with the next panel and finished it in the same fashion. I added 3 borders in the same way. Onced the borders were on, the quilt was finished except for binding. For me, it is much easier to do it this way rather than trying to wrestle with it on my DSM. I also cuts the expense of sending it out to a longarmer; and since I am on fixed income, I then have the money to start another quilt.