Macybaby, thanks for the suggestions about cutting the book apart. I'm going to try that, although I think I'm going to create some paper pieced blocks from the book next. I hate making templates for piecing as mine never turn out very accurately.
I am making the three block layout using mostly unbleached and tea-dyed muslins as my backgrounds. I have been incorporating our local guild's blocks of the month into my quilt, so it's really "Dear Marianne" at this point. I just finished appliqueing the Dear Jen blocks with circles and have to finish that strip. This is definitely a long term project for me!