Well this quilt I think is beautiful...I have done some research on this quilt and it is also called Arkansas Star..I thought that 7 1/2 yards was a little much..so I drew it on paper..then low and behold I found templates on the internet from Austraila that makes it all with templates (3) the octegon shaped piece is one piece between the stars. I have seen it done using hst for the center. I cannot wait until my templates come....I like the one piece for each star point I am thinking of making this for my daughter......