This story comes from Betsy Ross on her deathbed that she told to her grandson, William J. Canby. The drawing they presented Miss Ross the stars had 6 sides. Ross said immediately that was wrong. They should be 5-pointed stars. The originators thought that would be too difficult. "Nothing easier" she said.
See, now that's just wrong. Plenty of things are easier. But she's making a point. For her a five-pointed star is easy.
She folded a piece of paper just so and with one snip of her scissors produced a perfect 5-pointed star and that blew everyone away.
Seamstresses are terribly clever.
The following comes from figures in motion dot com, who got its information from The Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia.
Thing that I learned today: There is a Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia.
Figure D.
Folding from the top of the vertical center line (green), bring Corner 1 to the horizontal center line (red). Not to the edge, rather to the line.
Figure E.
Bring Corner 1 left to meet the line then fold.
Figure F.
Bring Corner 2 left and fold at the yellow edge.
Figure G.
Bring back Corner 2 until its top edge aligns with the yellow edge. Fold.
Figure H.
Bring the right edge XZ and the left edge XY together, crease and unfold. Bring point X down to pont Z together, crease, and unfold. You will have crease marks indicated by the red dotted lines.
Figure 1.
Cut from point Z through the intersection of the creases made in Figure H, along the solid green line in the illustration. The yellow shaded area is the five-pointed star.
So that's a lot of paper wasted for one little star.
But after you have that one star you can use it as template for all other stars for a tremendous savings in fabric.
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