[QUOTE=Jennifer23;7977345
Once I discovered this, I had to figure out the difference. Basically, if the star is based off a square centre with HST's for the points, they will have different numbers of spikies. If the centre is an octagon, they will have the same number of spikies. Thanks for helping me learn something today![/QUOTE]
Haha.....but.....in the feathered star that I made with an octogon in the center ( I posted the pic above)-the octogon is just a square with snowballed corners. Hmmmm....As I research FS’s, it seems that there are many variations. I have some books by Marsha McCloskey on order from our library. I am in love with these blocks! I made a paper pieced FS using this free tutorial...
http://www.threadedquilting.com/no-y...feathered-star
Its a great tut, and I have since purchased more of her patterns. She is just starting a quilt along with feathered stars.