Ohio Star

The Ohio Star is a nine patch block and uses quarter square triangles in its construction.

The basic star has only the edge squares of the nine patch grid replaced with quarter square triangles- clever use of colour gives a square within a square illusion.

Here is a video with this basic variation

You can also replace the corner squares to give a more complex variation as shown here

When the corner squares are replaced with four patches it is sometimes called the Ohio Trail

Here are instructions from Threadbare Creations for a nine inch block.

Here are written instructions for the basic variation from chock-a-block for a 12 inch finished size.

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