Thank you Gwen!!! I have the template from a book. I was surprised, this is not new! I will make a table topper or a baby size, but it has so much fabric left as scraps and mine need to be quilted into submission before I have more. I love the way the twisters turn out. I have to bookmark these sites, I may never find my template in my sewing room lol!!!!!!!!! Rosa

OK. Here's how I do it. Remember an octagon is just a square with the corners cut off. So you make a square to create a pattern. I've already graphed it so I know it takes a 9" square. Fold a 9" square paper in half and then in half again so it's quarter size. Make a mark on each edge 1-7/8" from the folded edge (half of 3-3/4). Connect the two marks diagonally 45 degrees across the corner with a ruler and you should have a 3-3/4" line and when you cut it and open it up you have your octagon. I hope this makes sense.

@patty I can't glaze it with the conversion varnish. I will go on a sample spree of whites. After 23 gray samples and & 27 blue samples, hopefully I can get away with 3 or 4.

There were a few responses on your other thread. It would probably be most helpful to keep all the discussion within one thread.