When I googled this, many different star patterns showed up, so I have a feeling it's a catch-all phrase for many different star patterns. Is this something that you have actually seen somewhere? If so, was it a five, six, eight-point star? If so, I would search the internet or go find a pattern book on whatever specific number of points it has. There are so many names for star patterns, too, Ohio Star, Lemoyne Star, etc. You could look those up and find one that suits you.

There's a Primitive Star Quilt listed in Miss Jump's Quilt Album by Linda Brannock but there isn't a picture at that site. Miss Jump's Quilt Album

SharonG/FL

Here is a link that might be useful: Is this what it looks like?