I agree Clem55 i would put a button in the middle

Very nice!

Beautiful job on this block! You are doing good so keep it up. The centers just take practice. I love your work.

Hi, I've been looking for that pattern...went to Mccalls, but didn't find it..How is it listed?

I'm with you Carol put a button or aq tassle or a round shapes or a hexagon etc. a bee a flower ...

I think the small plaid triangles being off grain are visually more of a problem than the blue centers not coming together. JMHO. Whenever I use plaid, which I do for strip piecing, I cut it on the bias.

I did hexagons rather than octagons but the same principle and didn't have a pattern. You can see a picture of mine on this thread.

Strip piece and then for hexagons cut on a 60 degree angle and for octagons on a 45 degree angle.

These angles are usually marked on cutting mats or you can get template.

By the way, I'm in the St. Louis area too.

Thanks, I hadn't thought to do strip piecing first, then cutting. That's great.....

for me i have better luck if i take a couple minutes and draw my 1/4" lines on the joining pieces, then when i stitch i stop exactly in the 1/4" intersection. everything comes together precisely and i press in the direction they want to go in or press open.

I didn't find the pattern there.