Thread: Can someone tell me the name of this block? Thank you!
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Old 03-27-2013, 05:00 PM
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Monika
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Originally Posted by quiltmama22 View Post
This is an Eight Pointed Star block made with HST. You can see that the star points have 2 parallel sides of one length and the other 2 sides are a different length.

On a LeMoyne Star (also eight pointed) all sides of the points are the same length, thus making a diamond. Sometimes the LeMoyne Star has the diamond divided down the longways center which of course leads to a piecing nightmare of 16 seams coming together in the middle.
that's what I was taught.....the LeMoyne is made with diamonds. This is a beautiful star!
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