Purple Hearts Hospital Quilt...Assembly Beginning

I have accepted the job of assembling the crazy quilt using the Purple Hearts quilt blocks that members of my online group, the ArtBraLadies, have created for a cancer treatment center.
I will be using the principles and techniques that worked for me while assembling and finishing "Crazy for Flowers". This process is written up in an article for the latest issue of CQMagOnline which has just gone live....it's a great issue, so do check it out!
It was an absolute thrill to unpack the blocks, hold them in my hands, and just swoon over the design, workmanship, and love in each and every one of them. Photos don't do them justice....
but here are some anyways! They are all 8" square.

This is Leonie Hartley-Hoover's exquisite work. Sigh.....

Julie Edison's ravishing ribbon work is featured here.

Willa Fuller's work is always exuberant and original....

Here they all are, pinned up on the wall. My first job will be to decide on what color of sashing to use between the blocks...my initial thought was gold, for contrast. I'm going to be doing some auditioning this afternoon...!
I'll be blogging the whole endeavor, tutorial-style, so check back to see how this comes together.