Start with a stack of four fabrics, cut a big square through all four:

Use a large, round "template" to cut a circle a little smaller
than the square. I used the lid to a popcorn tin:

Use a straight edge to cut the sides of the star:

The angles of the star don't need to be exact and
you can probably get close enough free-handing it:

"Deal" the pieces out into four unique blocks.
Note this could be done with any number of
fabrics to get different contrasting effects:

(Also note the tamborine on the fancy quiltin' table is optional...)

Restack all the pieces on a board so you can carry
them to your machine:

And then, well, take them to your machine:

and of course enlist expert help to stitch them together:

 

You don't have to do any "Y" seams or anything to piece the star.
Following the picture below, you only have to sew 10 seams
to piece it all together:

That's my non-quilter's shorthand for saying, "Step 1 is to
take piece 'a' and sew it right-sides together with piece
'b'.  Step 2 is to take the pieces you just seamed and sew
it right-sides together with piece 'c'. Step 3 is to... " etc..."

Also, having been severely traumatized by a sewing
machine at the age of 3 and this being not only the first
blocks i ever worked on but actually the first time i've
used a sewing machine since then, my points didn't
quite line up very well and i wasn't able to
attach the four outer curved pieces...

Thankfully, i have a very wonderful live-in quilty-type
domestic goddess who was able to incorporate the
finished circle blocks into our very special quilt top:

She appliqued the circles onto a strip of the background
fabric and then thankfully covered all the ditches with black
piping to help de-emphasize my way mismatched points:

if i had to do it all over again, i would...
and i just might, too... ;-)
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