Rosyhf thank you for star names - Boutionniere sounded familiar but I can't find it in my old Maggie Malone books etc, so googled and came up with this "Star quilts, outside the box: hexagon patterns from the Kansas City Star By Edie McGinnis" Again very similar patterns, one with triangle instead of my larger hexagon separating star blocks - there are some pretty variations in Edie's book. I wouldn't have known of such a book in 1993 without the internet so still think my pattern was original - will explore further.