I had a lot of fun with this pattern. I did check out the MSQ youtube video and it was sort of helpful. Instead of buying the half square rectangle trimming tool from BlocLoc (too expensive) I figured out where the seam had to land when trimming and marked it on my ruler with masking tape (dirt cheap).
The top went into 4 fall fairs as an unquilted entry and won 3 firsts and a second prize. It is definitely a pattern I will use again since it used up so many scraps. Next time, I think I'll go for a medium grey background and bright jewel tone scraps.