I've made Lone Stars the traditional way, both piecing individual diamonds and strip piecing.
The hands-down easiest, most brilliant way was using the Quiltsmart interfacing.
Pros - NO diamonds, NO bias edges, NO blocking and NO starching the sections. NO pinning to match seams (ok, just a little bit ;) ). NO weird angles. Just cut the rectangles - yes, rectangles, and you can put the sections together in a day.
Cons - the interfacing ain't free. Star size is limited to size of panels. But as I wrote elsewhere, if you get really comfortable with the technique, you can get quite adventurous.
But it is so worth it. NAYY.
See a brief overview:
http://quiltsmart.com/Pages/mo_lonestar.htm
Here are the options:
http://www.quiltsmart.com/khxc/index...ring=lone+star