Thank you so much. I really don't think I would have persued this but the remarks I got on my first post helped to see that there's always a solution.
Funny thing is, that section (the star points) are made from templates and yet, that's the section that was off for me. And it was off in every single block I had made.
My quilt will be a Christmas quilt and sort of similar in tone to this one. Since this one turned out well, I'm going to make it into a pillow and a Christmas gift will be done!
Again, thank you so much for your help with this. I've loved this pattern for a while and was really stumped. Not anymore - I'm ready!