Star light, star bright—we collected all the brightest stars in this wonderful collection. Star quilts are one of the most popular patterns with quilters, and the sky’s the limit when it comes to the variety of star patterns that can be found. Here are 40 of our favorite star quilt patterns for you to stitch up!
Love stars? Get quilting fabulous designs that includes something for everyone – they are quite varied and interesting. There are classics and contemporary designs, stash busters, and scrap friendly ideas. Quilts have long been drawing inspiration from the stars, and with these star quilt patterns, you can really see why!
1. Glowing Lone Star Quilt Pattern by Slice Of Pi Quilts
Make a stunning quilt that will become the center of attention of any bedroom! This Glowing Lone Star Quilt Pattern uses strip piecing, and is appropriate for intermediate quilters. The pattern makes a 92″ x 92″ queen-sized quilt.
Get the Pattern by Slice Of Pi Quilts here
2. Diamond Chain Star Quilt Pattern by Barbara Cline Quilt
This 41″ x 41″ creative design of a feathered star is quite simple. You wil also learn how to make a diamond chain by strip piecing. There are no inset seams in this quilt so if you are an amateur and want to make and an 8-Pointed star, this quilt pattern is for you.
Get the Pattern by Barbara Cline Quilt here
3. Big Star Quilt Pattern by Sew Can She
Learn how to sew a big star quilt using half square triangles! This fast and easy throw quilt pattern uses a shortcut method for sewing two half square triangles (HST’s) at one time.
After you have sewn all of the half square triangles you need, you’ll sew them together with some extra background pieces. And guess what – this free basic quilt pattern makes a beautiful holiday quilt too!
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4. Carpenter Star Quilt Pattern by Quilt Woman Designs
This beautiful Carpenter Star Quilt Pattern can be made in two sizes: queen 95X 95 or lap 66 X 76. The main center star for the queen perfectly fits the top of your bed. The triangle border creates dramatic dropped side borders for the quilt.
This is a traditional quilt made modern. It’s based on an old Biblical pattern, Jesus as the Great Carpenter and the Morning Star; hence, Carpenter Star.
Get the Pattern by Quilt Woman Designs here
5. Giant Hunter’s Star Quilt Pattern by Hopeful Homemaker
This Giant Hunter’s Star Quilt Pattern contains two patterns in one. The first, a Supergiant Hunter’s Star, makes one large block quilt that measures 68″ square. The second, a Giant Hunter’s Star, uses four 32″ blocks to make a 64″ square throw quilt.
Get the Pattern by Hopeful Homemaker here
6. Silver Starlight Quilt Pattern by Maple Cottage Designs
Fall in love with this beautiful and easy Star Quilt Pattern featuring an assortment of peaceful scrappy stars and solid stars that are framed by beautiful sashing and border.
Simply pick your favorite Jelly Roll pack or scraps, white background fabric, and feature fabric. Beautiful to make anytime of year!
Get the Pattern by Maple Cottage Designs here
7. Giant Star Baby Quilt Pattern by The Polka Dot Chair
Stitch up a baby quilt in an afternoon with this Giant Star Baby Quilt Pattern! The giant star quilt block is not only striking and modern but oh so fast to sew!
Since this quilt block is constructed as one large block (instead of several smaller blocks) it is very quick to make. It’s a very simple baby quilt and you love that it feels a bit modern. In fact, you can make yours in about 2 hours!
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8. Giant Vintage Star Quilt Pattern by In Color Order
This Giant Vintage Star Quilt takes advantage of a single quilt block, super sized! It takes a traditional block, the Starflower block, and makes for a very modern quilt. Perfect for beginner and advanced quilters alike.
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9. Bronte’s Stars Quilt Pattern by Emma Jean Jansen
This quilt is Fat Quarter friendly and perfect for showcasing a range of fabrics but also perfect for using up your stash. Easy diagrams make piecing the quilt heaps of fun! A coloring sheet is included in the pattern to making choosing your colors easy.
Get the Pattern by Emma Jean Jansen here
10. Beaming Quilt Pattern by Homemade Emily Jane
If you are looking for a modern star quilt pattern, this Beaming Quilt Pattern is perfect! Beaming is Fat Quarter friendly and perfect for the advanced beginner quilter!
This pattern includes instructions for Baby, Throw, and Bed size quilts. You can use traditional fabric cutting methods with a rotary cutter, or follow along with the additional AccuQuilt-specific cutting instructions.
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11. Double Star Quilt Pattern by Material Girl Quilts
This star in star quilt is stunning. Since the pieces are so large, it is quick to make. It would make a great statement quilt to hang on the wall.
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12. Easy Hunter’s Free Star Quilt Pattern by The Spruce Crafts
Make your own quilt using the popular hunter’s star pattern with this beginner’s tutorial. The original hunter’s star quilt was designed with diamond shapes, but it’s easy to create the same look with easy half-square triangle units.
The quilt finishes at about 72 inches by 84 inches. Add borders or make additional quilt blocks to increase the quilt’s size.
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13. Lincoln Stars Quilt Pattern by Crafty Quilter Designs
This striking quilt is easier than it looks with some clever piecing tricks and large block size. You can choose from two quilt sizes: Lap size, 57″ square, or Double size, 84″ square.
Choose a favorite print for the center of each block and build your color palette around that. Choose a Christmas themed fabric line for this version, but it would look amazing in red, white and blue or bright florals.
Get the Pattern by Crafty Quilter Designs here
14. Shooting Stars Quilt Pattern by Aunt Ems Place
A colorful, modern baby quilt full of shooting stars. Use a controlled colorway or dive into your scrap bins and make a fun scrap quilt. Patchwork stars are trailed by star dust in this log cabin style quilt block full of movement.
Get the Pattern by Aunt Ems Place here
15. Mighty Stars Quilt Pattern by Cotton And Joy Quilts
Mighty Stars is a fun and modern take on a classic block, the friendship star, that is fat-quarter friendly with minimal waste. This a fun mix and match block-based quilt and you can use the large center squares to highlight your favorite prints.
Get the Pattern by Cotton And Joy Quilts here
16. Counting Stars Quilt Pattern by Tea Rose Home
Creat a stunning bed quilt that reflects the beauty of the night sky with this Counting Stars Quilt Pattern. It shows you how to use diamond shapes to piece together your quilt and comes with a template for designing your diamonds that you can print out.
Get the Pattern here
17. My-Size Stars Quilt Pattern by Wedding Dress Blue
Haul out your scraps, or charm packs, or layer cakes, or even jelly rolls. This quilt will put them to good use. This free star quilt pattern is special because it can use any size square you have on hand, or might wish to create.
Get the Pattern here
18. Expanding Stars Quilt Pattern by Quilty Love By Emily
This fun and modern quilt pattern plays with the popular star shape. This large scale quilt goes together quickly with half square triangles. No tricky piecing makes this one great for a beginner. Choose your fabric fabrics and show them off with this stunner.
Get the Pattern by Quilty Love By Emily here
19. Wooly Stars Quilt Pattern by Coriander Quilts
Shepard a fluffy flock with this Wooly Stars Quilt Pattern. Each of these stylish sheep are wearing a star block coat crafted from fabulous fat quarters.
Get the Pattern by Coriander Quilts here
20. Night Stars Quilt Pattern by Quilty Love
The stars are no surprise along with the repeating blocks. But the bold colors are! Night stars is written around using yardage but also includes instructions for fat quarters.
Choose 5 of your favorite colors to make up this bold and striking quilt. Night Stars was designed with Christmas in mind so it will make for the prettiest Christmas quilt.
Get the Pattern here
21. Ohio Star Quilt Pattern by Gathered
This Ohio Star Quilt is the perfect weekend project for you to relax with. This simple design packs a punch and will look great spread across your bed or slung over the sofa. The classic Ohio Star block in the centre really allows your colourful piecing to shine! If you’re new to quilting, don’t fret: you can still stitch this quilt.
Get the Pattern here
22. Wonky Star Quilt Block Pattern by Ms P Designs USA
These wonky star blocks are so much fun to create! Foundation paper piecing makes this an easy beginner quilt pattern, suitable for even a novice. You could use this 7″ by 7″ square block to make a scrappy baby quilt, a mug rug, or a dorm bed quilt for your college student. Just use your imagination!
Get the Pattern by Ms P Designs USA here
23. Skinny Star Quilt Block Pattern by Happy Sew Lucky Shop
This pattern is to make a 6.5″ block (6″ finished). You will need some basic paper piecing knowledge in order to sew this block, although as far as paper piecing patterns go, this is a fairly simple one.
The block can be used in smaller sewing projects or you could make multiple blocks for a quilt. It works well with a scrappy mix of fabrics, so use up that scrap stash of yours!
Get the Pattern by Happy Sew Lucky Shop here
24. Star Of Bethlehem Quilt Pattern by Quilt Woman Designs
This beautiful Star of Bethlehem Quilt is based on an old Biblical quilt block. Some call it a Swoon quilt it Swoon Block. This block have been modernized by enlarging it to fit perfectly on top of a queen or king sized bed.
The dramatic center is surrounded by lovely dropped borders which perfectly frame the sides of your bed. Add beautiful modern fabrics and you have a quilt which is sure to become a star in your home.
Get the Pattern by Quilt Woman Designs here
25. In The Stars Quilt Pattern by Bonjour Quilts
In The Stars Quilt Pattern is a modern star quilt pattern in 5 sizes: baby, throw, twin, queen and king. It’s fat quarter friendly too! This free star quilt pattern will show you how to cut all the pieces for a single star from one fat quarter. Then you can mix and match the pieces to create gorgeous, colourful stars – complete with stardust!
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26. Nova Star Quilt Pattern by Then Came June
This Nova Star Quilt Pattern is a super fun, modern, and bold star quilt pattern. The pattern has two different design options: Color Explosion and Modern Solid. Nova Star is block based, mix and match and scrap friendly!
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27. Celestial Star Quilt Pattern by From Blank Pages
Celestial Star is a versatile modern quilt pattern that you could make 100 times and never make the same star quilt twice. Use the coloring pages to discover the unlimited design possibilities. This will easily become one of your favorite paper piecing quilt patterns and is a must for every quilt pattern collection!
Get the Pattern by From Blank Pages here
28. Patchwork Lone Star Quilt Pattern by Plains And Pine
This design is a variation on the classic Lone Star Quilt. The purpose of this pattern is to make a patchwork Lone Star by using what you already have on hand.
It is perfect for using remaining fabric from Fat Quarters, Fat Eighths or yardage from previous projects. This patchwork Lone Star can also be made with a portion of a Jelly Roll or super scrappy using smaller scraps from your fabric stash.
Get the Pattern by Plains And Pine here
29. No Point Stars Quilt Pattern by Cluck Cluck Sew
This fun star block is so easy and looks great in any fabric. An easy block to resize or make smaller. This basic star block can be made in any fabric for any season or occasion, from crib size right up to five sizes bigger. There are no star points to match up, so no stress, only creative fun!
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30. Stars Hollow Quilt Pattern by Suzy Quilts
Make a sophisticated, neutral quilt using this Stars Hollow Quilt Pattern. The classic design plays on negative space to create traditional sawtooth stars.
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31. One Star Americana Patriotic Mini Quilt Pattern by Bubble Stitch
Red, white and blue are the traditional colors for this stunning patriotic mini quilt. Pefect to display on your door or as mini wall hanging. In old style fabrics or contemporary brights, the result is always beautiful.
Make it using the patriotic colors or change it up and make it your own – use red, green and white for a lovely Christmas wall hanging!
Get the Pattern by Bubble Stitch here
32. Double Hexie Star Quilt Pattern by Quilter By Design
Hexagons branch out into double stars with this easy to piece block with no y-seams! Create a block with the illusion of intricate piecing, with the bonus of having a large space in the center that can showcase an awesome motif.
Get the Pattern by Quilter By Design here
33. Mariner’s Star Quilt Block Pattern by Ms P Designs USA
This foundation paper-pieced version of the traditional 7″ by 7″ square Mariner’s star block is the perfect complement to your nautical-themed projects! This classic block looks complicated, but it is actually easy to make.
The simple star block could be used by itself or with coordinating pieced or appliqued blocks to make a quilt, wall hanging, table runner, tote, mug rug or pillow cover for that special sailor (or landlubber) in your world.
Get the Pattern by Ms P Designs USA here
34. North Star Quilt Pattern by Quilting Daily
Inspired by the twinkling stars of a winter sky, this quilt is designed to sparkle and shimmer through the winter season. The classic design uses two different star patterns to create a beautiful and customizable quilt. Experiment with your favorite fabrics and color combinations to make a starry quilt for any season.
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35. Stars And Windows Quilt Pattern by Flamingo Toes
Sew up this fun pattern and show off your favorite fabrics – all at the same time! These Stars and Windows blocks are perfect for large print fabrics, or even your favorite tiny florals or prints. It looks great in bright, colorful prints or in soft pretty pastels.
Get the Pattern by Flamingo Toes here
36. Reverse Sawtooth Star Quilt Pattern by Suzy Quilts
Make a timeless quilt block in bright and beautiful bold colors that are sure to make statement anywhere with this Reverse Sawtooth Star Quilt. Made using traditional flying geese as well as HSTs, this embodies everything that classic quilters love: gorgeous colors, simple design, and the chance to get scrappy.
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37. Five Patch Star Quilt Pattern by Sew Can She
Use half square triangles (HST’s) and simple squares to sew a gorgeous throw quilt! This 5 Patch Star Quilt Pattern is perfect for using up scraps or just a few fat quarters, put together with a white or cream background fabric.
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38. Split Stars Quilt Pattern by A Bright Corner
Split Stars is a modern take on a traditional star block, and it looks great in either prints or solids. The pattern includes measurements, instructions, and diagrams for creating four sizes of quilts (crib, throw, twin, queen).
Get the Pattern by A Bright Corner here
39. Star Quilt Pattern by Maple Cottage Designs
This beautiful Star Quilt Pattern features a striking design of stars in a diamond medallion against a crisp white background and accented beautifully with striped borders. Perfect anytime of year! Simply pick your favorite charm pack, border fabrics and background fabric.
Get the Pattern by Maple Cottage Designs here
40. Free Star Quilt Block Pattern by Gathered
This easy-peasy star quilt block is a joy to stitch and a great way to use up small scraps of fabric from your stash that you can’t bear to part with. It’s a great stash-buster and beginner-friendly so a great first block to try if you’re new to making quilts.
Get the Pattern here
41. Ribbon Star Quilt Block Pattern by Pattymac Makes
Piece a perfect Ribbon Star Quilt Block suitable on it’s own as a mini hanging quilt, or to use with multiple blocks on a full sized quilt or table runner. For this tutorial, you will make a single block into a small quilt designed to display on your front door.
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42. Scrappy Star Quilt Block Pattern by Penny Spool Quilts
Unleash your inner color enthusiast with this modern star block. Use it on its own for a tote or a pillow, or make a whole rainbow of stars for a quilt. Or simply showcase your favourite scraps and frame the block in an embroidery hoop to hang on the wall.
Get the Pattern by Penny Spool Quilts here
43. Scraptastic Stars Quilt Pattern by Happy Quilting Melissa
We all have scraps and what better way to use them than in Rainbow Stars! This fun block features 2 1/2″ scrap squares (perfect for pre-cuts as well) put together with a wonderful Irish Chain setting.
This is a super fun and easy quilt to make and really is a wonderful way to bust some scraps! And you can even use up all of those scraps of solid white in the chain.
Get the Pattern by Happy Quilting Melissa here
44. Sailor’s Star Quilt Pattern by My Quilt Infatuation
Inspired by the graceful beauty of a compass rose, this Sailor’s Star Block makes a great impact. This quilt has a secondary pattern with the illusion of curves, but is achieved with all straight piecing, with plenty of negative space to show off your quilting!
Get the Pattern by My Quilt Infatuation here
45. Shattered Star Quilt Pattern by Shannon Fraser Designs
This Shattered Star Quilt Pattern is a bold modern take on a star quilt. The larger pieces are perfect to show off your favorite colors or prints and makes for a quick quilt top to piece! Plus, it’s fun to make!
Get the Pattern here
THIS LIST OF STAR QUILT PATTERNS IS THE COLLECTION TO REACH FOR WHEN YOU WANT TO MAKE A TRIED-AND-TRUE DESIGNS.
We hope you enjoy browsing through this collection. Be sure to post the patterns you make to our Facebook Page. We love seeing your creations!
The quilting goodness doesn’t stop here though! Want to try a new shape for your next quilt? Look at this article for 25 Bow Tie Quilt Patterns, 15 Dog Quilt Patterns, 21 Cat Quilt Patterns, 12 Wedding Ring Quilt Patterns, and 15 Yellow Brick Road Quilt Patterns.
Whether you’re new to quilting or are looking to step up your skills, these star quilt patterns are excellent projects to tackle today!
