I am in awe of these blocks, Armylady, NZquilter to name just the latest.
--- Working on a 'sample block' for my 3rd set, I'm mightily discouraged.
I worked for the better part of 3 days (I am s l o w) on this block - despite seam-ripping, measurement corrections, attempting to simplify - halfway through, me: 'aw heck no, I'm not making a set of these, I'll use this as my extra block' - and it's still a fail. Came up SHORT - 12.5" wide OK, but is only 12" in height.
Plus I had trouble even making flying geese, despite having made them before. I really wanted to make a block that was wholly pieced as a mine tend towards applique, and I could tell from my HSTs I needed piecing practice...well I need a lot more practice. Here it is, somewhat different from the pattern, though not much...by the time I was really into it, all I wanted to do was get out of it!