Diamond Stars Quilt Tutorial

I have a beautiful Diamond Stars quilt tutorial to share with you. This could easily be a wall hanging or a table topper on your table.

Today I’ll show you a beautiful batik star quilt that can be used as a table topper or a wall hanging using this fast and easy quilt block and the AccuQuilt GO! dies.

If you have the new AccuQuilt GO! 10″ Qube Mix & Match set, you can make this in no time at all! This is another one of my favorite sizes of blocks to make and there is a lot you can do with this set!

Other sizes of the AccuQuilt GO! Qube will work and either make a smaller or bigger Diamond Stars quilt.

I have received many emails from quilters saying they have bought the AccuQuilt GO! cutter but really don’t use it much, I use mine all the time! I can cut half-square triangles (HST) in no time at all and they are exact.

I hope you enjoy this tutorial!

Diamond Stars Tutorial

24-inch square

GO! Fabric Cutter:

• GO! Cutter (55100S)
• GO! Big Electric (55500)
• GO! Cutting Dies: GO! 10-inch Qube

Below are the dies in the 10-inch Qube that I used.

• #2 Square – 55804
• #4 Quarter Square Triangle – 55806
• #5 Half Square Triangle – 55807
• #6 Square on Point – 55808

GO! dies that were used for the sashing and binding

• GO! Strip Cutter – 2″ (1½” finished)
• GO! Strip Cutter 2 1/2″ – 2″ finished (55017)

Fabrics: I used batiks from Island Batik.

Tan Batik – 1 yard – includes cutting binding and backing

• Cut one strip 6 3/4″ by the width of fabric
  • Sub-cut (4) sets #4 Quarter Square Triangles (16 pieces total)
• Cut one strip 3 1/4″ by the width of fabric
  • Sub-cut (16) #2 Squares

Orange Batik – 1/4 yard or fat quarter

• Cut one strip 4 1/2″ by the width of fabric
  • Sub-cut (4) #6 Square on Point

Dark Brown Batik – 1/4 yard or fat quarter

• Cut two strips 3 3/4″ by the width of fabric
  • Sub-cut (32) #5 Half Square Triangles

Cream Batik – 1/4 yard or fat quarter

• Cut one strip 3 3/4″ by the width of fabric
  • Sub-cut (16) #5 Half Square Triangles

Rotary Cutting:

If you don’t have an AccuQuilt GO! cutter, you can rotary cut your fabric in the following sizes.

One block:

• A – Tan batik – cut (4) 3″ squares
• B – Tan batik – cut (1) 6¼” square and sub-cut diagonally twice
• C – Cream batik – cut (2) – 3 3/8″ squares and sub-cut diagonally once
• C – Dark brown batik – cut (4) – 3 3/8″ squares and sub-cut diagonally once
• D – Orange batik – cut (1) 4″ square for the center

Wall Hanging – four blocks:

• A – Tan batik – cut (16) 3″ squares
• B – Tan batik – cut (4) 6¼” squares and sub-cut diagonally twice
• C – Cream batik – cut (8) – 3 3/8″ squares and sub-cut diagonally once
• C – Dark brown batik – cut (16) – 3 3/8″ squares and sub-cut diagonally once
• D – Orange batik – cut (4) 4″ squares for the center

Use a 1/4″ seam allowance throughout.

• Pin and sew 2 cream Half Square Triangles to opposite sides of the orange Square on Point. Press toward the dark fabric.
• Pin and sew the last 2 cream Half Square Triangles to the other sides of the orange Square on Point and press.

Make 4

Next, make some flying geese blocks using the Quarter Square Triangles and the Half Square Triangles.

Make 16 flying geese units.

Pin and sew one tan batik quarter square triangle and two half square triangles together as shown in the following diagram. Press toward the dark fabric.

Arrange the sections as shown below.

Sew the pieces together in three rows and then sew your rows together to make the block. It will be a 10½” unfinished block.

You can get an ad-free printable PDF version of this tutorial in my shop. The photos have been reduced in size.

Make 4 Diamond Star blocks.

Tan Batik – sashing

• Cut three strips 2″ by the width of fabric
  • Sub-cut two 2″ x 24 1/2″ pieces
  • Sub-cut three 2″ x 21 1/2″ pieces
  • Sub-cut two 2″ x 10 1/2″ pieces

Add the 2″ x 10 1/2″  sashing strips between the blocks. Do this twice.

Sew one 2″ x 21 1/2″ sashing strip between the two rows of star blocks.

Add the other two 2″ x 21 1/2″ sashing strips to the top and bottom of your quilt.

Add the two 2″ x 24 1/2″ sashing strips to the sides of your quilt.

Add batting and backing and quilt. I did some free motion straight stitching using my vintage 15-91 Singer sewing machine.

Cut 2 – 2 1/2″ strips width of fabric for the binding and sew them together. Add the quilt binding by machine, or hand-stitch it down.

Diamond Stars Quilt Tutorial

You can get an ad-free printable PDF version of this tutorial in my shop. The photos have been reduced in size.

I hope you have enjoyed this fast and easy Diamond Stars quilt made with the AccuQuilt GO! Fabric Cutter and the new GO! 10″ Qube dies. If you are looking for more ideas for table accessories, you might enjoy some of my other AccuQuilt tutorials.

Here are some other posts that will inspire you:

• Winter Blues Table Runner
• Chinese Forget Me Not Wall Hanging
• Crystal Table Topper Tutorial

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