The middle in the flying geese is actually a gold or sunshine color so in the long winter here, I can see the sunshine! I started with material I bought for a dollar a yard...the blue with flexes of gold and blues. One square at a time until I had the 25 made, then sat it together with recommended borders. LOL, how wrong was I for it was much too big, so I ripped the border apart and tried again. I kept telling myself it was one stitch at a time and it finally got finished.