Beautiful Judith, both topper and wall hanging!!
I agree with you, I find the Kingwell patterns rather confusing. Besides, you need to sew a scant 1/4" seam otherwise all blocks will come out too small.
I made my own templates for some of the blocks. For Bakers Dozen I purchased them. They're expensive though as are her patterns!
You could try Tempters, do you know those? Templates to make just one block and with that one block you can make whatever you want.