Hey Everyone, welcome back to Free Motion Friday.

Today I am going to deviate a bit from free motion and use the walking foot. I do a fair bit of quilting with the walking foot and wanted to share one of my favourite motifs with you – the eight pointed star.

This design is a continuous line design which means it starts and stops in the same spot. Great for not having a lot of threads to pull through. I find this design great for kids quilts and pretty much any size of square. I have used it on a 1 inch square up to a 12 inch square but there are no rules to say you couldn’t go larger.

Depending on the fabric I often use a variegated thread for this motif especially on a kids quilt.

To start a square is needed. This square is a 6 inch one which has had borders added.

Start with a square of any size

Mark out the middle on each side with a pin.

Middle of each side marked with a pin

Draw a line from a corner to a pin. I have used the Chaco Liner from Clover to draw my lines.

Draw the first line from a corner to the pin

Continue the line to the opposite corner.

Second line drawn to next corner

Continue drawing the whole star. It will have eight points.

Complete star drawn

Pick a corner and start sewing to down the line.

First line sewn

At the end of the line pivot and start down the next side, continue until the star is complete.

Completed star

Here is the graphic with arrows as to the direction of sewing.

Diagram of star with arrows for direction of sewing

This is a fast and easy design great for filling in large empty squares and even small ones too.

Happy Quilting!