Six-pointed star quilt hand embroidery pattern

Advanced · 8 colors · 4 kinds of stitch

Six-pointed star quilt: preview of the stitched design

A six-pointed star quilt is worked in five rings of color, with no stitched seams: six large diamond points meet in the middle, each pieced of nine small diamonds, three by three, fifty-four in all, with a hairline of bare cloth between them. Every diamond is filled with satin stitch, each ring in a thread of its own from yellow at the middle through three blues to navy at the tips. The star stands alone on clear cloth, and round it, well beyond its tips, runs a wreath: a ring of stem stitch with six gold woven wheel roses on it, one beyond each notch of the star, and from rose to rose four pairs of broad fishbone stitch leaves, the outer leaves in one green and the inner in another.

Size and details

Advanced. Uses woven wheels, eight colors and a great deal of stitching.

8 colors of floss and 4 kinds of stitch:

The stitched size and the widest satin stitch, by hoop
Hoop	Inches	Centimeters	Satin stitch up to
3 in (8 cm)	1.9 × 1.9 in	4.8 × 4.8 cm	1/16 in (1.6 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.9 × 2.9 in	7.4 × 7.4 cm	1/8 in (3 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3.9 × 3.9 in	9.9 × 9.9 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	4.8 × 4.8 in	12.2 × 12.2 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	6.8 × 6.8 in	17.3 × 17.3 cm	5/16 in (8 mm)

The pattern is drawn inside a circle about half an inch (1.3 cm) smaller all around than the hoop.

What you need

DMC 726 Light TopazFirst ring of diamonds
DMC 3755 Baby BlueSecond ring of diamonds
DMC 322 Dark Baby BlueThird ring of diamonds
DMC 312 Very Dark Baby BlueFourth ring of diamonds
DMC 336 Navy BlueDiamonds at the tips
DMC 320 Medium Pistachio GreenRing of the wreath and outer leaves of the wreath
DMC 989 Forest GreenInner leaves of the wreath
DMC 3852 Very Dark StrawRoses on the wreath

The floss is six-strand cotton; the stitch guide says how many strands to use. You also need a hoop, an embroidery needle (a size 7 to 9 suits two or three strands) and plain cotton or linen fabric. To frame the piece in its hoop, cut a square 3 inches (8 cm) wider than the hoop: a 9 inch (23 cm) square for a 6 inch hoop.

Stitch guide

Satin stitch 2 strandsFirst ring of diamonds, second ring of diamonds, third ring of diamonds, fourth ring of diamonds, diamonds at the tips
Stem stitch 2 or 3 strandsRing of the wreath
Fishbone stitch 2 strandsOuter leaves of the wreath, inner leaves of the wreath
Woven wheel stitch 2 strandsRoses on the wreath

Getting it onto your fabric

The PDF holds the pattern twice at actual size: once as drawn, and once mirrored for an iron-on transfer pen. Print it at 100% with scaling off and check the one-inch square (25.4 mm) with a ruler before you trace. How to transfer a pattern explains tracing, carbon paper and the other ways. The files are under Downloads.