Sandy, the blocks are 6" when finished. The most pieces for one block is 32. Ok, ok, so it's a bit crazy. And, yes, the book suggests cutting triangles in order to make HSTs. SOOOOO not doing that! Remember the Cat Face Quilt? I've done my time in triangle quilting hell. I plan to rely HEAVILY on Jenny's tutorials to figure out how to make the blocks more easily. In fact, you should see my copy of the book. I've gone through and notated how I would quilt each one, how I would assemble the different components.

Like I said, I've got 3 UFOs I need to finish first, but they're all pretty close, so I'm thinking early September to get the ball rolling.