Starch heavily *before* cutting the fabric! Your cuts will be more accurate and they will stay accurate when the fabric is handled.

Great suggestion... I'll stock up on wine when I'm buying fabric...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1CLj...feature=search
I like this tutorial

I bought the printed interfacing from quiltsmart and that's how I made my quilt. You'll have no "Y" seams to mess around with and the quilt comes together really well. Took 2 months for me to do mine. Have a great day, Huggies, Fay

In addition to the starch, wine & chocolate--I would use the strip piecing method and press the seams open. I think Kaye Woods even has a special ruler or template she uses--Maybe the Starmaker 8? I use & love her StarMaker 6.

I have the Star maker 6 also and love it. I did find a 60 degree diamond shaped ruler at Joanns, but I want a 45 degree one, this way I can cut the diamonds any size I want. Have a great day, Huggies, Fay

The StarMaker 8 is 45 degrees. She's promoting her View & Do Shapes now and one of those is a diamond but I think the StarMaker 8 would be more useful than a diamond. I can flip it over to make a diamond shape. The 45 degree line on most rulers will work but then you don't get the excuse to buy a new gadget--LOL.

Here's the Tute I used when I made my first 2nd 3rd and 4th lonestar quilt.
You still have bias edges and need to be careful but not nearly as careful as you would if you cut each diamond seperately.
I had next to no stretching if I was careful and I didn't use any starch at all.

http://www.angelfire.com/va3/jclane/.../LoneStar.html

That was one of the first quilts I made when I taught myself quilting. I really didn't have any trouble with it. Yes, it took a while to complete but it was worth it. My DGD thought so.

I would like to say thank-you for posting all the wonderful suggestions as this one is also on my want to learn list.