dublb, It sounds like some good news about your sister.
QNS, I have that book. I ought to study it more. A couple of weeks ago I cut up a brightly colored, sort of larger print, striped fabric to make 4-patch posies, because I only had 4 repeats. I didn't like the designs on the posies much. The fabric would probably been cuter done some other way... I'm still trying to learn what print works good...