the pattern is made up of two different blocks and then I just filled in the blanks. I got the blocks from Jinney Beyer. They are free. You could paper piece them, but I didn't. I just kinda make the quilt up. I did however make the center block about 20ish" I was wanting to make it 24" but had a problem after I enlarged the pattern by coping. anyhoo. The blocks were really easy to make. I just had to make sure that I got the fabric in the right spots. The two patterns are seaside star and sea of crisis. she has a ton of patterns that I am wanting to try.