here is my version I want to keep my stars to a very minimum of fabrics so I cut out some of the points, also I am not a very good PP.

You're star is great! how did you do it so fast?? You are good at PP as far as I am concerned!

I like yours, very pretty.

Very nice job. I love your colors. You seem to do a good job at pp. If you have time, you should try it again with all the pieces. Of course that is easy for me to say... I have only printed the pattern so far. :-) Keep up the beautiful work.

wow, I think this is way above my skill level
David

You won't know until you try = ;) ;) ;)
I too am going to have to overcome my insecuritues and give it a go.
We will all learn together :!: :!: :!:

Yes, the January star is here: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-90615-1.htm#2268699

David, this star really isn't difficult at all. I did it two different ways to see what worked well. The first I did as regular paperpiecing (of which I am not a big fan) and then I did it using the freezer paper method where you fold the pattern on the stitching lines and then sew right next to the paper. There is no paper to be removed and I found it worked lots better for me. I found a tutorial for those who haven't done the freezer paper method that you might want to look at. It is at

http://www.twiddletails.com/store/in...age=page&id=21

The only tricky part I found with this star is that when you stitch the #5 pattern piece you need to make sure that it is high enough to cover the point of the star or you'll be doing some reverse sewing (ask me how I know!). As a matter of fact, when cutting your strips for this star, I think I would cut that #5 piece just a little bit longer than Jerrie's instructions.

Also, when sewing the pieces together into the blocks, I pressed the seams open and it helped a lot with all the fabric coming together in the middle.

Other than that, it was an easy star to make, not nearly as hard as it looks.

Thanks JudyG for the link and the encouragement :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Yup Judy Thank you from me too.
Time to put on my big boy pants! LOL
David