NASA astronaut Karn Nyberg, who hand stitched a star block on the International Space Station, invited quilters from around the world to create their own star quilt block to help celebrate her mission and passion for quilt making. The blocks will be combined to create a quilt to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the International Quilt Festival in Houston this year.

Here is the star block I sent in – the rules said we had to write our name, location and sign it in indelible pen on the front.