Thanks for posting a picture of the quilt. It appears to me that I will have fewer seams using the strip piecing method. I am always hesitant deviating from the instructions, but it seemed to me that the strip piecing method would be better. Before I deviate, I have to have the whole process in my mind/on paper so that I don't encounter surprises. Many of you have helped me do this. When I lived in England for a short while, there was a traffic sign that read, Don't enter the intersection unless your exit is clear. I have applied this mantra to a lot of life situations.