Colletta: Your block is so bright and happy looking. I applaud your effort. After reading of everyone's struggle with this block I'm a bit hesitant to try it but at this point it's beginning to kick me as a "challenge" I have to meet. I may decided to go with ShellyQ's paperpieced version instead of messing with the "Y's." I'll take a little punishment but I'm not a glutan for it so paper piecing (much as I'm not crazy about that application, either) seems to be the lesser of the two evils for me. I'll post whatever I finish.