The cookie tin I brought home was from the President of the Guild – talk about pressure to get it done properly. The theme for the cookie tin is Stars, and this is the first block.

I added the Evening Star block with a nine-patch center. I always assumed that you had to cut and sew each square in a nine-patch individually. When I studied the instructions for this block I can see how much easier it is to sew in strips and cut the rows of squares.