FYI, I found and bought the book with the Exploding Star pattern for $7.00 including the shipping on line. It was from 1997 and has several other patterns that I will likely use, "Scrap Quilting Made Easy". Worth the $7 and much easier to use than fussing with trying to draw out and recreating the pattern on graph paper.
The original pattern starts with 2.5" squares and makes a 45.5 square quilt but I am going to make the squares larger thus making a bed sized quilt rather than a throw or wall hanging size. Much more like the original photo in the screen short. Happy with my small investment and will dive into this beauty this fall and winter.
