There's a flurry of Christmas sewing going on across the internet at the moment. Its lovely to see so many gorgeous gifts being made and exchanged, with so much thought and love sewn into each and every stitch. Instead of giving you a pattern this year, I decided to design a free Christmas block which can be used in what ever project you are planning or working on during this festive season.
I kept it simple; a two toned paper pieced, five pointed star which is perfect for Christmas and all of those projects you may have planned. I've drafted templates for the four sizes which I think are the most useful; from a tiny 4"- to the larger 10" and I think they are cute to use as part of a larger project or as a focal block for smaller projects.
These blocks go together quickly and easily, with each star taking me about an hour to complete, so you have time to make heaps!. You could use them for countless projects and I've included a few suggestions at the end of the pattern, to help you out. If you need some more inspiration, pop over to Instagram and have a look at some of the lovely Christmas projects being sewn or grab a coffee and head to Pinterest for some endless crafty inspiration :)
Aren't Bonnie and Camille fabrics perfect for Christmas sewing, or any project for that matter? I love these colour combinations; one so festive and the other more icicle/winter inspired.
My free
Christmas Star pattern includes full instructions, diagrams and all the templates required for each size, plus a colouring sheet to help you with fabric/colour selections prior to sewing.
To download and print my free
Christmas Star pattern, just visit
HERE.
I hope you have fun with this pattern and I hope it inspires you to make some gorgeous handmade gifts this Christmas, sewn with lots and lots of love. ♥♥♥
Happy sewing :)
Rose, these stars are just beautiful! I hope to get a few done before Christmas or at least to enjoy for the winter here. Thank you for sharing your pattern...you are very generous!
ReplyDeleteThank you Rose for your generous gift, I love the stars and yes those fabrics are very very pretty. Guida
ReplyDeletethank you so much, Rose. It's a beautiful design, and I love your patterns because they are very fine explained. Thank you. Have a good day.
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty star! Thank you.
ReplyDeleteOpps! Went and downloaded your pattern and closed your blog before thanking you for the lovely pattern! So, thank you for the Christmas star!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Rose. It's so pretty and crisp looking. If it took you an hour, it'll take me five. LOL
ReplyDeleteOh, my goodness - this is just brilliant! Thank you for sharing it!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the lovely free pattern. Will add it to my list.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the pattern. I live in Texas, USA and we are always looking for star shapes. I will start following your blog. Someone posted a photo of the block onto Pinterest that is how I found you. If you are on Facebook I will look you up there too. Thanks a bunch!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the opportunity to make this lovely star.
DeleteThank you so much for the pattern. I haven't been quilting for long and I recently learned how to do paper piecing so I could make the curvy log cabin Christmas tree with a star on top--and this will be the star!
ReplyDeleteHi 👋🏻 Rose,
ReplyDeleteThank you,thank you,thank you!!! This is so wonderful. I love this star! Your kindness and generosity is greatly appreciated!
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Hi, just found this through Pintrest and wanted to say thanks! Love the design!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your Christmas star pattern. I've been looking for a block to offset some hexie blocks. I problem is my hexie blocks are 12 inches finished. I could put a border on each star block, but I wondered how can I enlarge the 10 inch to a 12 inch block?
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting this star pattern! Very pretty!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the Christmas star. It is very striking. Can't wait to make some.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the beautiful Christmas star pattern. It is very striking and I can't wait to make some.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this lovely star pattern. I just bought your Yuletide pattern also. It’s lovely . And you deserve to be rewarded for your work!
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas Rose. Thank you so very much for generously sharing your pattern.
ReplyDeleteLove the star pattern. Thank you so very much, look forward to trying to make them!
ReplyDeleteHi Love your Star pattern - I really enjoy quilting have just started to pick it up again after retirement.
ReplyDeleteCarolg4@gmail.com - shall look forward to following more of your work and ideas.
I came here from Jacqueline Stevens site. This is a beautiful pattern. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteDon't usually like paper piecing, but this is just too wonderful to pass up!
ReplyDeleteThanks muchly
Hi. I printed out your pattern! Thank you so much for it, it is beautiful. I also needed a 12 1/2" block so I tried to resize myself. It came out but not that good, would you happen to have any advice or direction on how to accomplish resizing. Thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteHi Amber, if you email me I'll draft it for you. You can find my email by clicking the contact me button on my blog header 😊
DeleteThank you for the pattern, I love it and it's something I think o can actually complete before Christmas!!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to making lots of these stars. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI live in a senior community. I just had to do this -- just to prove I could do paper piecing. I wanted a 5 pointed star with each point a different color (all one color not 2 patterns on each point) -- why not be different. I did the 10" star, put a boarder around it, free motion quilted and created a mini-quilt as a panel for front door. It is beautiful and now several others have asked for one. I've done 2. The 1st on wasn't hard but not easy either -- the next one was easier and better looking.
ReplyDeleteOh I'm so proud of you! Paper piecing can be a little tricky but once you understand the process you can paper piece anything :) Great job!
DeleteHello Rose, I love this star. This is my first attempt at paper piecing and, although I'm getting along ok, I'm loving it. I have had one problem and not sure why. The two sections (A and F) have the points going all the way to the end, no seam allowance. All the others are fine. I printed them all at the same time so I'm not sure why these two came out this way. Any suggestions?
ReplyDeleteHi Juanita, can you shoot me an email with a photo of the paper side of the sections. It's easier to help you if I can see what's happening :)
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I have attempted to download by Christmas Star paperpieced pattern and will not download. Would it be possible to get your beautiful pattern another way. I am making a QOV and would fit in with it so nice. Thanks.
ReplyDeletethank you
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I really appreciate that you made full patterns for different sizes, and that I don't have to fiddle with printing multiple copies and cutting the patterns apart myself.
ReplyDeleteAmo todos tus proyectos!! Muchas gracias por compartirlos
ReplyDeleteThank you. I appreciate your
ReplyDeletegenerosity!
Tank you so much forthis wonderful Christmas pattern.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful star, and such a good project to practice paper piecing! Thank you for the pattern!
ReplyDeleteI just found your blog. Thank-you so much for this block!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much with sharing your design!
ReplyDeleteI love paper piecing. This Christmas star will make a great pot holder. I will transfer the sections to used dryer sheets, so there will be no paper to tear off, making it more stable for all the washing it will get. Thank you for this lovely pattern, it's going to make a great hostess gift!
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