I found Elanor Burns book a bit confusing. what I had my student do is color a graph on graph paper of the colors and we sewed one row at a time. Much quicker and easier to understand than to sew and rip out and resew blocks. What I did was cut a little piece of each fabric and taped it on a chart to represent each color in the Trip around the world. Usually five colors and then mark them with a different color crayon. Then color out the chart on the graph paper and refer to it as you sew the blocks. It is sooooooooo much easier to follow. In fact my student liked it so well I think she is doing her 3rd or 4th trip around the world. Any more questions .I'll be happy to try to help. Bernadette