JenniePenny

OK let me see if I can finish this neatly for you.

At this point, I have 9 units (4 corner units, 4 edge units, and one block center).
Trim off all dog ears and square up each unit to 4 1/2".
Place your pieces down on your mat in three columns - left, center, and right.
Sew a corner unit to an edge unit. You will have to carefully line up the stripes or the fabric design. Since I cannot think of a better way to write this, I am quoting the designer Ann Lainhart, whose copyrighted pattern "Cards Anyone?" appears in Quilters World August 2007: "Stick a pin down through the upper square at a particular point and into the bottom square at the same point to make sure the design matches along the seam line." Use a few pins. Carefully machine stitch the square units together in sections of three. Let the presser foot of your machine slide over a pin before removing it.

I don't have pictures of the actual sewing - could not get a helper to take pictures while I sewed.
Contine sewing the units together with the same care and attention to detail.
The left and right sections will consist of two corner units plus an edge unit each. Press toward corners.

The center section will consist of two edge units and the center block. Press towards center.

Once you have sewn the 9 units into three sections, then (like a nine-patch) you sew the three sections together. Use pins to match seams. Take pins out as your pressure foot glides over them.