Originally Posted by Pollyv9
My 1st Texas Star would not lie flat. I took the center apart, cut out a circle and appliqued a small solid star on top. It turned out really good. I would post a pic but I gave the quilt away and had forgotten to take a picture of it.
That is another really good idea. I could applique a perfect circle over the parts that are puckered, and perhaps embroider some "rays" using a bright rayon thread. That might be really pretty and it would cover the parts I'm not happy with.
Also, I wasn't as good at the paper-piecing on the first one. I had to piece some of the rays where they didn't cover as far as they were supposed to. I didn't notice until I had already done a couple more, and if you've ever done paper piecing, you know how hard it is to take out those tiny little stitches. So I just took some extra fabric and pieced them together. Not a great solution, but I didn't think anyone but me would be able to see it, especially after it's quilted. But this method would work to cover up those areas as well. Hmmmm. This is giving me hope that all my work (and my expensive fabric!) won't be for naught.