Thanks for the advice, everyone.
Hi, woody. My quilt will be nothing like the book as far as the layout goes. It is for a twin size bed. It has light gold backgrounds (2 shades) and the color palate is from the border fabric which I bought first. . purples, teals, golds, greens - all batiks. I enlarged the squares 125%, to about 9 inches. I have in mind a little narrow sashing too. I have 16 squares done, will stop at 20 (4x5) or 24 (4x6). I don't know whether to include some applique in the border or just use the fabric I started with. I'm really loving the project.