Misty, one of my readers mentioned,  I have a quilt that is made of six point stars. I don’t know the name of the pattern.  I would love to.So I began searching for names of six-pointed star patterns and came across these few.

Star of Bethlehem
Rising Star
Lone Star (one variation)
Double Star
Texas Star

Some of these also are made as eight-pointed stars.  Or, at least there were some with eight points bearing the same name as these six-pointed ones. 
Misty, perhaps if you searched the Internet and quilt books for these names, you would find one that resembled yours, unless the quiltmaker created her …read more

Thursday 13 – Take a look at star patterns with the names of states.
Have you made any star pattrns?  I made the Missouri Star  in a quilt for a customer.  It was a lot of work, but was a lovely quilt in the colors the customer chose.
My daughter created the Ohio Star in a wall hanging for her grandmother’s room in assisted living.  Her grandmother grew up in Ohio.

Ohio Star
Missouri Star
Lone Star (Texas)
Iowa Star
Tennessee Star
Virginia’s Star
North Carolina Star
Kansas Sunflower
California Rose
Indiana Puzzle
Kentucky Rose
Rocky Road to Kansas
St.  Louis Star (not a state, but a well-known city)

 Have you made any of these…or ones named …read more