Comparison of LeMoyne Star and Eight-Pointed Star Blocks
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This is great information. Thanks for sharing it. I have been wondering recently about doing an 8 pointed star or a LeMoyne star and I thought they were the same thing. I wonder if you could answer a question about cutting the pieces...I would like to use 2.5 inch strips (from a jelly roll) for the diamonds/parallelograms but I am not sure how to cut them and at what sizes the triangles and corner squares will need to be cut. Since I now know that there is a difference I think I would like to do the LeMoyne star. Can you help me out or point me to a website or book with that information??? Much appreciation!!!
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This is great information. Thanks for sharing it. I have been wondering recently about doing an 8 pointed star or a LeMoyne star and I thought they were the same thing. I wonder if you could answer a question about cutting the pieces...I would like to use 2.5 inch strips (from a jelly roll) for the diamonds/parallelograms but I am not sure how to cut them and at what sizes the triangles and corner squares will need to be cut. Since I now know that there is a difference I think I would like to do the LeMoyne star. Can you help me out or point me to a website or book with that information??? Much appreciation!!!
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There are many "8-pointed" stars drawn on a 4x4 grid - and many drawn on a 3x3 red.
I think the third star is the one you have in mind. That also goes by many names - according to the Barbara Brackman book.
The first two blocks drawn on the attachment both go by many names - including "Ohio Star" -
I used the numbers that Barbara Brackman assigned them in her book "Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns.:
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