Zen Garden was designed by Judy and Brad Niemeyer as a beginner pattern to introduce quilters to paper piecing and constructing an exploded star quilt layout. The project requires (24) diamond blocks. The Shimmering Star Mixer Block for this design and added the Striped Pieced Mixer Border. The quilt maybe made with a Quiltworx strip set or 48 strips (2 1/2″) that can be divided into groups of 8 with similar gradated colors.