It's an eight by eight square pattern with half blocks at the top and bottom. Yeah, you could probably do this with quilting, but you can't lug a sewing machine around with you. I used either Caron, Lion Brand or Bernat yarn, in the pound of yarn variety. I don't really know or remember which ones I used. I was using my yarn stash.
I also used the joining technique described on the site. She said it was supposed to lay flat, but I still have some ridges where I joined the squares, but the back of it is flat. I'm not sure where this blanket is supposed to go, hopefully somewhere nice.