I cut out the pieces just the way the pattern said. Tried to piece the star together and there was no way it was going to work. My daughter came, who is good at figuring out stuff, and she couldn't either. I have a box that jas all this kind of stuff goes into. Someday I will take all the pieces that I have cut a tad to shy, the star pieces I can't get together and other pits and pieces and make something. Not sure what tho. That's my UFO.