Thanks Sewbiz-- no the temp quilt isn't normally worked in HSTs from what I have seen. I decided that I needed to improve my accuracy in piecing and since I wanted to do the Temp quilt challenge this year I thought that would be the perfect way to get in lots of practice piecing HSTs.
Watson- that looks like fun! And your feathers are awesome! Did you stitch them first and then do the crayon? I'm working on a small whole cloth quilt top using Inktense pencils and fabric medium that I plan to do some thread play with.
Rob