Any time I try a new pattern, I use some specially set-aside inexpensive kid's fabric. I make a few squares, then measure them to see where I am. I sew them together to see if there are any tricky bits (that's a technical term--"tricky bits"), then when I feel I've a handle on it, I use the fabric I have planned for the quilt. The trial blocks then become a kid's donation quilt, and I feel I understand the pattern much better having actually put it together.
Oh and by the way, I love the look of that pattern!
Last edited by AngeliaNR; 10-30-2013 at 08:48 PM.