I joined Deanna at Wedding Dress Blue to make two Super Star cushions. I had some leftover jellyroll strips of Civil War reproduction fabric and thought this pattern would be a good one to convert to a small size to fit my table topper rack. I cut the strips into 2-½ inch blocks for half-squares and then trimmed them down to 2 inches to use with some 2-inch white squares, following Deanna’s instructions. The center block measured 6-½ inches unfinished.
I had seen a pattern somewhere that used a Lemoyne star center surrounded by portions of the star to form a frame.
I used 2-inch half-square triangles and squares to do this. It took awhile but I finally got these portions all in the right position.
I put the top and bottom portions on first…
…then added the side sections. This made an unfinished 12-½ inch piece. I used a few strips to make a top border which made it exactly the right size for my table topper. I quilted in the ditch and used some decorative stitching in the background blocks.
It would have been difficult to do a traditional Lemoyne Star in such a small size. This easy pattern gives me similar results.
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