I made a lone star for my third full size quilt. I didn't have a pattern, just a book with a picture and a template for the diamond.
It was hand pieced, and I didn't worry about the bias edges. I just kept going around until it was big enough, figure out how to square it off, added borders and there it was! It's a miracle it all worked out, and I really didn't think it was all that hard to do.
This is the center of it, and the only photo. I gave it to my sister-in-law, and got it back after she died.
Janet