Oh My, the responses on this thread have been wonderful. Thank you all so much for your warm, generous and kind welcomes. I'm honored to be here.
I just love the quilts that are in some of the avatars. I also love the dog and cat. They are so cute. MNM, I'm so glad you also have 2 sons on the Sheriff's Dept. What a coincidence.
I have been busy today TRYING to make an 8 point star block. Oh wow, it was so hard to get that star right. I had to throw away my first attempt because it was a disaster. After 8 hours, on and off, all day long, I finally got it done correctly. It took a lot of precision measuring and cutting and making sure my seam allowance was exactly 1/4" before every square/triangle fit together nicely. I'm pleased with the result though but because it was so hard to put the star together, I'm not sure I want to make a 12 block quilt using it. Here's a picture.
I welcome critiquing of it but please be gentle in your constructive criticism, hahahaha.
My first 8 point star block
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