Christmas Star

Today I’m excited to share a set of new EQ8 blocks and a brand-new quilt design—all inspired by a classic favorite: the variable star. What I love most about this block is how easy it is to personalize. A simple star becomes spectacular when you begin:

• Merging it with other blocks (hello, Christmas trees!)
• Adding piecing to the star points
• Adding piecing to other sections of the block

But before we dive in, make sure you’re signed up for my Majestic Views Webinar on December 29, 2025. I’d love to see you there!

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Christmas Star Quilt EQ8 Tutorial

Fabric Selection

Fabrics for Christmas Star Quilt

For this project I combined Tilda's Merry Little Christmas with Moda's Winter Friends—and they play beautifully together.

Here’s what I used:

• Two reds
• Two greens
• Two backgrounds
• One brown/tan

​Feel free to choose fabrics from your stash or from the EQ library. If you’d like a non-Christmas quilt, simply swap out the reds for a different color family.

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Christmas Star Blocks

Four Christmas Tree Block 12 x 12

I started by drafting a block containing four Christmas trees. Set your snaps to 12 × 12. To create the tree trunk, I demonstrate how to partition a line and use Snap to Node for accuracy.
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After drafting one quadrant, select its line segments, clone, and position them in the remaining three corners.

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Variable Christmas Star 12 x 12

You can draft your own variable star block or simply use EQ8’s default variable star—either one works perfectly for this project.

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Merged Christmas Star Block 12 x 12

Use Serendipity → Merge to combine the Variable Star block with the Four Christmas Tree block.
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Merging reduces the tree size, but you can easily increase the block size on the Quilt Worktable (which is what I did) so that each tree ends up at 6″ × 6″.

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Merged Christmas Star Block with 8 Trees 12 x 12

To add even more charm, I brought the Christmas trees into the corners of the block—giving the block a total of 8 Christmas trees.

Just copy and rotate one of the center sections to fill all four corners.
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Be sure to Add to Sketchbook—this block will be the base for the next two variations.

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Christmas Star with Pieced Star Points 12 x 12

Add horizontal, vertical, and diagonal lines inside each star point to create additional triangles.

These added shapes instantly elevate the block.
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Once one star point is drafted, copy/paste it and then flip or rotate to complete the other star points.

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Churn Dash Christmas Block 12 x 12

For the second variation, recolor the star points with background fabric.

Then, draw a churn dash block inside the large flying geese triangle.

​After completing one section, copy, paste, and rotate it to fill the other three rectangles.

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Christmas Star Quilt

Set your blocks in a horizontal layout, 3 blocks across and 3 blocks down.

I increased the block size to 24″, then alternated the different block variations on the Quilt Worktable. If you hold Alt/Options as you set the blocks, it goes amazingly fast.

​Nine 24″ blocks create a 73″ × 73″ finished quilt.

Christmas Star Quilt 73" x 73"

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I think this quilt is absolutely breathtaking, and I can’t wait to see your version!

Please share your creations in the Learning EQ Facebook group—I love seeing how you interpret each design.

Christmas Star Learning EQ Facebook Post

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Happy quilting.

​Kari

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