My problem with the pattern, as it is presented in both the magazine and the tutorial, is that the directions that they give don't actually produce the quilt that they show in the pictures. The instructions say to use 4 jellyroll (2-1/2 inch) strips of fabrics to make one single strip set. Cut 16 2-1/2 inch strips from the strip set and use them to create the four blocks that make up the center of the star. The pictures used in the magazine and on the tutorial use way more than just 4 fabrics in the center. That makes for a different look in the finished quilt.
I decided to make the quilt following the actual directions given. I used two red fabrics and two green fabrics to make the strip set, alternating the red and green in the strip set. The pictures below show the basic options I came up with for the center of the star using the blocks that one strip set would actually create. (I am sure there are a few others that I didn't think of.)
Four blocks with green corners oriented toward the center.
Four blocks with each block oriented in the same direction.
Four blocks with the red corners oriented toward the center.
I like the look of the red corners oriented toward the center, so that is the layout that I decided to go with. I am still working on getting it sewn together, and it still needs a border, but I thought I would share these layouts in case anyone else was interested in what it would look like actually following the directions.
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