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Find a medium to light purple floral print for the focal fabric, a coordinating dark purple tone-on-tone fabric, and a cream for the background.   Cutting instructions: 1.   From the floral fabric cut                            one 6 1/2-inch square,                            four 2 x 3 1/2-inch rectangles,                            four 3 1/2 x 5-inch rectangles,                            and four 5-inch squares. 2.   Cut sixteen 2 x 3 1/2-inch rectangles from the dark purple fabric and sixteen 2-inch squares. 3.   From the cream material, cut twelve 2 x 3 1/2-inch rectangles and thirty-six 2-inch squares.  (lots of little pieces...I know) Piecing instructions: 4.   For the "flying geese" sections, draw a line from corner to corner on the back of each of thirty-two of the cream squares.  Lay one of the squares along one end of one purple rectange right sides together.  Sew along the drawn line.  Referring to graphic 4, cut the corner 1/4 inch from the sewn line.  Press open to the purple side. 5.   Lay another of the white squares along the opposite end of the purple rectange.  Sew along the drawn line.  Referring to graphic 5, cut the corner 1/4 inch from the sewn line.  Press open to the purple side.  This makes one "flying geese" unit.  Repeat for the other 15 purple rectangles to make 16 units in total. 6.   For the cream "flying geese" sections, draw a line from corner to corner on the back of each of the sixteen dark purple squares.  Lay one of the squares along one end of one cream rectange right sides together.  Sew along the drawn line.  Referring to graphic 6, cut the corner 1/4 inch from the sewn line.  Press open to the cream side. 7.   Lay another of the purple squares along the opposite end of the cream rectange.  Sew along the drawn line.  Referring to graphic 7, cut the corner 1/4 inch from the sewn line.  Press open to the cream side.  Repeat for the 7 more cream rectangles to make 8 units in total. Assembly instructions: 8.   Using graphic 8 as a reference, assemble the top and bottom rows.  Note: sew the "flying geese" together first with a cream unit on top of two purple geese.  Then sew these sections to the floral pieces with 5-inch squares in the corners and a larger floral rectangle in the middle. 9.   Using graphic 9 as a reference, assemble the two side rows.  Again, sew the "flying geese" together first with a cream unit on top of two purple geese.  Then sew these sections to one of the larger floral rectangles. 10.  Assemble the center section next.  First, sew the 4 remaining cream rectangles to each side of 2 small floral rectangles.  (See graphic 10)   Then sew the 4 remaining cream squares to either side of the remaining 2 small floral rectangles.  (See graphic 11) 11.  Sew the 2 side units (graphic 11) to either side of the large floral square.  Then add the top and bottom units (graphic 10) to finish the center section. 12.  Finally, assemble the finished block by sewing the side rows from step 9 to either side of the center section, then adding the top and bottom rows from step 8.  (See graphics 13 & 14) TADA !!!!!!!!! Your completed unfinished block will measure 18 ½ inches. 18 inches after sewn into a quilt!