8-point Star Barn Quilt Pattern
The 8-Point Star is the quintessential barn quilt — a bold radiating star built from eight diamonds.
Member: Choose your size, borders & colors + personalized Paint Maps
Free: Complete 2' × 2' drawing grid + measurements
Planning the board? Use the sizing calculator for exact cell and border measurements, or read the paint color guide before you buy paint.
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Grid
- 4 × 4
- Colors
- 6
- Suggested board sizes
- 2′ × 2′, 3′ × 3′, 4′ × 4′
Get the Free 2' × 2' 8-point Star Pattern Plan
A complete, printable drawing plan: a large 2' × 2' grid diagram with every measurement you need, plus an example colorway.
What's in your free plan
- 2' × 2' drawing grid diagram
- Layout measurements
- Layer diagrams when applicable
- Example colorway + paint equivalents
- Measuring and marking instructions
Personalized Paint Maps — the diagrams showing exactly which pieces to paint each color — come with Designer Membership.
Want to make it your own?
Customize the size, borders and colors — and get personalized Paint Maps — with the Barn Quilt Designer.
Customize in DesignerFree plan vs. Designer Membership
The free plan gives you everything you need to draw the standard 2' × 2' barn quilt. Membership lets you make the plan fit your project.
| Feature | Free Plan | Membership |
|---|---|---|
| Printable 2' × 2' drawing plan | ||
| Layout measurements and grid markings | ||
| Measuring and marking instructions | ||
| Layer diagrams when applicable | ||
| Example colorway and paint equivalents | ||
| Choose your barn quilt size | ||
| Add or change borders | ||
| Customize colors | ||
| Automatically recalculated measurements | ||
| Personalized Paint Maps | ||
| Save and edit designs | ||
| Unlimited personalized plan downloads | ||
| Build your own patterns for the designer |
Want to make it your own?
Customize the size, borders and colors — and get personalized Paint Maps — with the Barn Quilt Designer.
Customize in DesignerAbout the 8-point Star block
The eight-pointed star is less a single quilt pattern than a broad family of star designs that has appeared in American quilts in many forms. The National Park Service describes stars as one of the most common quilt motifs and the eight-pointed star as one of the simplest and most popular star forms used by nineteenth-century quiltmakers.
Some versions use one large radiating star while others repeat smaller stars across the quilt, leaving generations of makers plenty of room to reinterpret the same striking geometry.
Learn more about the history
Tips for painting a 8-point Star barn quilt
Pick one main star color plus one accent — too many colors muddle the star at a distance.
A deep, saturated background makes the star points pop.
Ready to design your 8-point Star?
Customize the colors in the online designer and download a printable paint-by-color plan with a grid diagram.
Open in the designerPainted the 8-point Star? Share your photo.
We feature finished quilts from real makers in the gallery — it helps other painters see how the 8-point Star looks in different color combinations.