Well, its taken me a while ... I figured that I should my "butte" in gear. LeMoyne Star was a gift for a very special D&Der, the 2012 Region I Director. A few facts for you ... I used, quite by accident, a total of 49 fabrics in the quilt top; I found out after the fact that purple is her favorite color; it took longer than I anticipated to complete this one; and I would make another one in a heartbeat. Well, I should really say, that I do plan to use this block many times. I just love it!
Below is the star block ... just had to see how it was going to look. Don't worry, all the extra tidbits around the outer edge were trimmed off when the blocks were squared. I will also say that when I trimmed the blocks, I opted to leave as much of the background fabric on the blocks as I could. This allowed me to make the blocks slightly larger.
Below is my alternate block. I used the fabrics from the star points. I opted for something simple since the stars were what I really wanted to focus on. Any block would have worked.
The only thing missing from the quilt top at this point is the corners. I'll admit to not wanting to give this one up either. It turned out so beautifully!
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