If you group five stars into a circle, you will make a star of stars and in the center you will have a pentagon. I didn't have five stars, only three. I had planned something else. But when I placed the three stars together, I found the center made a six-sided figure, a hexagon. When I fastened the stars in place, the hexagon shifted a bit and looks a bit wonky. Drunken hexagon!
The embroidery techniques used today include: the back stitch (used to fasten the center and make the stars look a little [a very little] like a button); the french knot (zut alors!!) to fasten down each point of each star; and applique, the technique of fastening shapes to a background.
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