I start in the middle, whichever block is closest, and work up to top, down to bottom, and back to that middle block, choose a side, work out to border, do other side, &repeat the process. I leave the border for last,, but also start in the middle and work up &down. Then top &bottom. This has always worked for me. Be sure to use a lot of safety pins,, I put 1every 3 or 4 inches. Hope this helps &it will be interesting to see how everyone does it.