Originally Posted by
jillmc
The block is 12"....that's a lot of little squares! If anyone can suggest an easier method of construction, I am all ears!
What you have made is beautiful. I think you will find this block by the name of "Snow Crystals", from a quilt made in Oklahoma during the 1920s. I haven't the foggiest notion where I got the pages I tucked into the back of Srebro-Johnson's book.
You asked for an easier method. I have not made it, but Nancy Johnson-Srebro has a much easier way in her book "Stars by Magic", 2004. It doesn't deal with this setting, but does show streamlined construction of the eight point star, and in this case six point star. In her book she uses it as a flower. Perhaps your library or a local quilt guild has her book.