Eight-Pointed Star Quilts

Eight-Pointed Star patterns, made from diamonds, have been popular almost since the first quilts were made in America. They first appeared in the late 18th century in borders around the medallions that were fashionable at that time. Their popularity has continued unabated throughout the history of the art.

Drafting Eight-Pointed Stars has always been a challenge, since they can't be drafted on the usual evenly divided grid. Quilters were often stuck with sewing them in the few sizes that they could find patterns for. However, the method for drafting them, while not obvious, is fairly simple. Knowing it opens up worlds of opportunity for incorporating the popular stars into multitudes of scrumptious quilting projects (just in case you have time to sew them all)! This tutorial will show you how to draft an Eight-Pointed Star block of any size and speed you along toward your next star-filled masterpiece.

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