Star Puzzle Block

Here’s another aptly named block. It’s an eight-point star, and it was like a jigsaw puzzle to assemble. I got the pattern from the 2014 Quilting Block & Pattern-A-Day Calendar. There were cutting instructions but no pressing notes. As it turned out, the directions the seams were pressed was key to making the points come out right. I used 16 5-inch squares of fabric from a charm square pack I’d won in a drawing at this year’s Quilt Shop Hop. The finished block is 16 inches: too large for any of the projects I’m working on and too small to be a wall hanging without a border or two. I believe the fabric is Moda's Atelier by Three Sisters. I've snooped around the local quilt shops for some yardage in the same line to finish it, but all I find are pre-cuts: charm packs, jelly rolls and layer cakes. It may be time to start thinking outside the box.