And here is what I have cut and laid out so far - unfortunately my camera is butchering the colors. The only thing I have sewn is the center star just to see if that was going to work. I didn't like the way the center octagon looked so I went with a star instead, but none of this is final. I'm not sure about the blue border stripe - the two stripes were just scraps since I'm not sure how to cut and piece those yet...the templates didn't include the stripes so I have to make my own temps for that.
So just a first draft, but I think I have the pieces cut properly other than the stripes - just absolutely no clue how to sew this together other than the center star...I guess all the succeeding pieces will have to be sewn into units and then set in?
Eek!