thanks everyone for your tips. Its been a busy holiday weekend. Yes the squares are already cut. and Yes, its been a nightmare piecing them. At first, I was checking the LW vs the CW when stitching and as was stated, much too much work. I decided to go with LW on the vertical and see where that leads me. As was mentioned, if I had done it strip piecing, thats I wouldnt be analyzing this so much. Im being very careful with the pressing as that is where I usually mess up.