If you have read my blog (or just looked at the pictures!) you know that I delight in string blocks. This is my latest string project.

String Carpenter's Star (82" x 82")

Carpenter's Star (sometimes called Carpenter's Wheel) is a traditional pattern, and layout charts are available in many places online (the one I used is HERE), but I substituted string blocks for the regular color or print blocks.

I drew it on EQ8, so I could get an idea of what I would need.

EQ8 Plan--I did change the four corners to string blocks rather than ...

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added by TheEclecticAbuela 2 years, 9 months ago. under arkansas crossroads , bear paw , carpenter's star , eq8 , hsts , scrappy quilts , scraps , string blocks , string crossroads , stringy lanes , sunny lanes