I admire your willingness to take on this project. I was just a fairly new quilter when I made a Texas Star from a kit at a garage sale at our guild. All of the pieces and directions were there, luckily! It turned out great, and I was really proud. Last year, our daughter decide she "had to have that quilt." Of course I weakened and said "okay." It was too small for her King S. Bed, so I actually enlarged it. It took most of the Winter, but I did it and she loves it--still!Mariah