Yes, I was thinking you could do this "quilt along" without the book. As I looked at the list of monthly blocks, many look like "simple" patterns: "nine patch", "HST", "4 patch", "hourglass", "flying geese", etc; plus they are going to include tutorials for a few of the months.
I will contact Patrice for permission and start a new thread, if there's interest in doing this quilt along--anyone interested, please let me know!!