We’ve another family of blocks to explore this month – the Eight-Pointed Stars, based on the LeMoyne Star
You can download cutting instructions for 12 inch blocks and blank blocks to play with here.
Taking Lemoyne Star as a starting point you could add some extra little points – we called this one Double Star
But those corner squares looked a bit plain so we added four-patches and, with our usual panache, called it Double Star Variation
Or you could start dividing the star points – to give a block often called Blazing Star
Another division of the star points and turning the corner squares into half-square triangles gives us EQ Star
The blocks above are all included in the download but there are lots of other variations to the basic star – dividing the star points in half lengthwise and adding half-square triangles in the corners gives us a block often called Silver and Gold
Using stripes – or strips – to make the star points can make Spiderweb Star
or Wrapped Star
If you go searching you will find dozens of other variations like these, or you can draw your own using the blank blocks in the download – the templates included should be enough to make many of the variations.
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