Leila Gardunia’s Scrappy Stars

Here’s my trial scrappy star designed by Leila Gardunia.

Leila Gardunia has designed many patterns for the center of this star block and surrounded the blocks with sashing and cornerstones. She has also made block sizes in every size you might want to make–from three inches to, I think, 12 inches.

I bought and downloaded this 8-inch size for something like $25, which is about $1 for each pattern center. The patterns are designed for foundation paper piecing, but I will use Tara Faughnan’s folded paper piecing method as much as possible–some centers might need traditional foundations–but Tara’s method means no paper to tear away after sewing. And, one can reuse the paper foundations over and over.

The center of the 8-inch block is 4 inches finished–and I’ve already made one of my own design–a circle. But I have not yet sewn it all together, so more on that later.

Anyway, this project will be a leader/ender and “play” project for me going forward.