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nygal - I went step by step through the pattern book - I started with the first page - made all the blocks - labeled them before I started on the next set of blocks. Also if you look at each pattern - you will see the assorted ways she made each block for instance Intersection - you make 10 blocks total but you can see that she switched the order of fabrics 1-4 in the little blocks at the bottom of that section - so I followed those guidelines for my blocks too - then I labeled each subset of blocks. When you look at Floating Cross you see there is a total of 8 blocks but she made 4 blocks with a light and medium fabric and then 2 blocks with a light and dark fabric then two blocks with the light medium reversed - I would label each subset of blocks within the block section. Also - you have to make all the blocks in each section before even trying to lay them out. At least that's what I did - I tried to lay them out before I finished and it doesn't look like anything - when you are finished with all the blocks sew them together by following each section diagram and make sure that you layout your left side and right side of each section before going on to the next section. I had to double check all of mine to be sure I used the right blocks. But at the end when you finish each section - go the section assembly and viola - that's when the magic happens - it actually looks like a butterfly in the end. Its a large quilt too. Its really just a sampler type or skill builder type quilt - the blocks aren't hard to make - its just keeping everything labeled so you don't get confused. Bigsister63 also made the quilt and we talked back and forth on the telephone many times - but she did a wonderful job.