Sharon, you fascinate me! Wish we lived closer to each other, bet we could have all kinds of fun.:D

Jan in VA

Hmm. So the Ohio Star is like a 16 patch block with some half square triangles. Easier, I think.

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!!!

bearisgray - thanks for the information. Great explanation.

I am attaching a scan that - more or less - explains how I would try to figure out what size to cut your strips, corner squares, and setting triangles.

Thanks - I wish we lived closer, too.

Depends on which "Ohio Star" you are using.

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.:

This is for what I call a LeMoyne Star block -

Here is my Lemoyne star quilt I made last week I still have to bind it I used Deb Tucker rapid fire templets made it fairly easy to make

Thanks for taking the time to do this. I appreciate it much! Looking forward to trying it out soon.