I made it, even had the yahoogroups group for awhile. I invited Margaret to be a member and her thoughts on the list were a great help.
That said, do you love applique? Do you love appliquing vines?
I'm the world's worst embroiderer, so used pen work for that part, it looked fine.
One thing she did was cut all the blocks on the bias, so starch them well and do a tiny stay stitch around the edge, and cut a little big, trim to size afterward.
If we were in a hurry we can go to the store and buy a blanket. a quilt is a whole 'nother thing.