octagon star quilt block pattern

no, but I'd be interested too.

Laurie G. in CA

Maybe someone can find it for us.

I looked up 'Octagon Star' for you, in my Barbara Brackman Encyclopaedia. The 'octagon star' there is shown as an eight-diamond star within an octagon. The nearest example to what you describe is: an octagon in the centre, isosceles triangles on each of the eight sides, infill between those triangles to make a larger octagon, triangles to set in the corners to make a square. The larger outer octagon should be drawn with alternate sides making up part of the final square; this results in the inner octagon being drawn with points towards the outside square. You would draw your first octagon - whether you start from the inner or the outer - by drawing a circle, and dividing it equally into eight parts. . In message , hannah writes

Do you know if this pattern is in her Block Base?

Patti, would these help explain? (one before and one after the link shown)

Thanks Cheryl, but I think the one asked for had an octagon in the centre.

(How do you manage to find all this stuff - you must have brilliance in choosing your key words! It is remarkable) . In message , CATS writes

Didn't find - just drew in EQ!

I didn't/don't get all posts so may have missed the original. :-))

I don't have book and I tried to draw in EQ5 but I can't seem to make it come out right.

I tried one in EQ -- it's in my RCTQ folder in my webshots albums.....

is that anything like it?

Kate in MI

This isn't a star, but has an octagon in the center

Julia in MN

Thank-you for the pattern, It well work nicely, I printed it out and with a couple of lines made it into the octagon star block. It was the octagon in the middle that I was having problems with.