Originally Posted by
ozichris
I've just completed a Storm at Sea (Not seasick anymore!) thread. The pattern I had was for a 15" block but I wanted a 12" block so got out the graph paper and drew it up. I also did mine using the foundation piecing method as I thought with all those bits and pieces floating around there was a huge risk of more chaos than I ended up with. Don't forget that the middle square in a square is the actual block and what is around it is the sashing. Hope this helps.
I had figured that out about a minute before I got to your post. The diamond and square-on-point strips are SASHING.
Those diamonds would be so much easier with paper piecing. No special rulers needed. Paperless paper piecing would be even better. You fold your pattern at the seam line and sew NEXT TO the paper, not through it. You can use the same piece of paper to make about 20 or more of that block.