Originally Posted by
Jan in VA
I'm not sure what you mean by " the polka dots don't connect like in the completed picture." Jan in VA
I can see what she means. In the original picture, the two polka dot pieces are touching. But when you go to the pictures in the directions (probably a computer generated graph), the polka dot pieces are separated by the other pieces.
Once you figure that out, you can make it the way you like.