I've made some progress on Lone Star and wanted to show you. I've finished 4 Watercolours #199 stars and 3 Watercolours #68 stars.  I decided to do the inner border in Perle Cotton #550 which is a very close match to the purple in WC #199.  The border in the original design is all done in a single color but I think you lose the interesting design that Laura created.  I've done the ovals in WC #199 and used Perle Cotton #996 for the blue connecting stars.  The outter border is supposed to over 2 threads but I like to have a wider border from framing so the mat does not cover the design.

 

I stitched the squares at the end of the blue stars in Perle Cotton #996 and #943.  It gives almost a 3-D effect.