Whip stitch two quarter star units together to form halves (Pic 8a) adding more squares in where appropriate (Pic 8b)
Whip stitch the two halves together, this is the trickiest part of this block as you are sewing where all eight star points meet. Just take your time, get as good as a match in the center as possible, you may have to ease a little to achieve this. Fold all the dog ears out of the way and put some extra stitches in the center to hold everything (Pic 9)
Your two halves joined (Pic 10a) Add the last two squares to your block (Pic 10b
Pic 10: Complete Star
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Pic 9: Close up of center join
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Pic 8: Join quarters to make half stars
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