now don't drop dead...

but I sewed! Armed with a muscle relaxer and 2 tennis elbow arm bands tightly wrapped around my forearms, I decided to finally sew a block together that I cut out what seems like months ago and really wanted to sew. It had taken about 2 hours to mount a plan for sewing it and draw out each step. It's from a BOM offered here, and involves a very complex piecing pattern. Or at least this is the only way I figured out to sew it. If you have other suggestions I'd love to know them.

Since I had the camera I took shots as I sewed, and thought others might like to see how to sew a very complex partial seam block! At least how I figured it out...

The finished product seen below...

First lay out all the pieces in the right place. Then sew together the top corner block completely, set back in place; and then the two gold/green side half square triangles. Then lining up the top edge of the red/pink plaid triangles, sew only HALF way down the seam. Press carefully to the green!

See the seam only goes half way down. (I should have gone another 1/4" or so) See below...

After pressing, lay one side at a time up on the pieced block. Pin this so the loose edge of the triangle doesn't shift and sew all the way down to the corner. See below...

First side sewn and pressed. See below...

Fold over the second side, pin, and sew as before.

Now both sides are done...see below. But the triangles are free.

If you tip up both sides, now you have the ability to get to the triangle edge so you can sew on the second hst. This is the only way I could figure out to do this. I pinned this because I was working with 3 bias edges and it kept shifting. Sew on the pale triangle and press. See below...

Now sew on the first flying geese block for the star points and then sew the next section after adding the corner piece first! See below...

Next, we have to finish up the final seams. Fold down the top half so that the open seams line up. I should have gone a bit farther with my first seam because I had to really sew up tight. Make sure you go about half way down the triangle side. Sew the side.

Press the seam...

and do the same thing with the next seam again. Then press....

All done! Seems complicated, but really it's just a step by step process and working them out first on paper makes it go easy. You can see my notes in the background.