Good for you Sara, 49 and counting down is great, so soon you will be Joining Janstar and assembling. I didn't find it that hard either, and I made my sashings (with cornerstones) at 3/4 in wide, not the half inch in the book.
I did, of course, have to adjust the size of my tris and the scalloops at the end, but it went together very nicely.