I took a workshop when a certified instructor came up, any time anyone comes to the Yukon to teach I jump at the chance to learn. Honestly I didn't enjoy it. A lot had to do with the instructor, if you weren't at the point she was showing she didn't come back to it later for the other half of the class, just do what I told you to do. Questions about certain aspects were met with because that's how JN teaches it. She couldn't explain beyond what she learned in her training, like why we wouldn't use Moda grunge with batiks in the same quilt (one is stretchier) as well as other points of interest and good to know tips. As several of us attending were quilt instructors, it was a little hard not to jump in and explain things to newer quilters. But all of this is about the certified instructor, regarding the pattern, I kitted it myself and it required a lot of cutting. Hours. The actual paper piecing I found to be quite tedious. I have PP'd before and it was fun. I love having fun with my quilts, life is too short not too. I am sure my experience with the workshop tempered my feelings for the process but that's human nature. My quilt is still in pieces in a tub and who knows if I will ever go back to it. I look at it as a learning experience, I learned this type of quilt is not for me.