Despair Not, Block 13 for Civil War Letter Quilt

Block 13, Despair Not (#111), page 241 (and 96) of Civil War Anniversary Quilt by Rosemary Youngs

This block requires 6 Flying geese for sides and a ‘square in square’ for the center.

Cut 3 fabrics plus an fussy cut image for center: 2 darks, 1 light

Center
Image ‘on point’ @ 3 ½” square
First dark: 2” squares, cut 4 (for center square in a square), draw diagonal line on wrong side

Geese
Second dark
2” X 3 ½ “ rectangle, cut 2
2” squares, cut 8
Light fabric
2” X 3 ½” rectangle, cut 4
2” squares, cut 4

Center

Place 2” (first dark) square on corner of 3 ½” image, sew along diagonal line, trim ¼” from stitching towards corner, press our. Repeat for all corners.

Sides (Flying geese)

Place 2” dark square on side of 2” X 3 ½“ light rectangle and sew along diagonal line, trim ¼” from stitching towards corner, press towards triangle. Repeat for other side of rectangle. Make 2

Place 2” light square on side of 2” X 3 ½“ dark rectangle and sew along diagonal line, trim ¼” from stitching towards corner, press towards triangle. Repeat for other side of rectangle. Make 4

Or

You can make 12 HST rather than geese if you prefer:

Make them from 2 3/8” squares (6 dark and 6 light), sew ¼” on either side of diagonal drawn on wrong side of light, cut along diagonal (or cut all on diagonals and sew a light triangle to a dark triangle) or for ease of cutting and making them perfect: use 2 ½” squares, sew on either side of diagonal, cut on diagonals, press and trim to 2“).

Or

Use Quilt in a Day ‘Small Flying Geese Ruler’ (finished 1½” X 3” geese). Make 4 Geese using 6” square of light and 4 ½” square of dark and 4 Geese with 6” square of dark and 4 ½” of light (you’ll discard 2 of the geese).

Center 4 ½” square on top of 6” square with right sides together, draw diagonal line and sew ¼” from line on both sides. Cut on line and press towards the large triangle. Place resulting squares right sides together matching edges with dark-light opposite each other, draw diagonal line and sew ¼” on either side. Cut on line and press so that ‘geese’ are flat. Trim with ruler to 2” X 3 ½” ‘geese’. Repeat for other 6” and 4 ½” fabrics. See http://www.quiltinaday.com/freepattern/ if you lost instructions to ruler.
I used El's method!: