I've not looked at the quilt or pattern but it seems you could achieve the 9 patches and HST's in a traditional fashion...i.e., strip piecing or the 2 squares method of HST without cutting itty bitty pieces and trying to sew them. read your directions carefully about 10x over. You can probably simplify the cutting/sewing process by changing the way the fabric is cut initially. This is something I learned the hard way after doing a quilt with similar sounding directions. Could have made my life far, far easier if I had read the directions a few times beforehand instead of jumping right in.