A Stunning Home Accent or a Wonderfully Creative Gift

These last couple of weeks I’ve been sharing the series of patterns accompanying my newest fabric collection, CHILL. Last week brought us Mega Star 2 and Those Trees 2, and the week prior we got to see Winter Windows. This week I’m excited to share Winter Star with you – a pattern you may recognize however this time featuring the Chill collection for a simply stunning display.

Winter Star is a captivating wall quilt that would do wonderfully as a beautiful eye-catcher over a mantel during Christmas time. The design appears as if the beams from the star are slightly curved, but in fact they are straight lines that flow so smoothly they seem curved. This pattern uses the Foundation Paper Piecing Technique, and the resulting visual effect is all at once striking and dazzling.

I originally created this pattern for a cooperation partner and designed it as a type of advent calendar. We picked 24 fat eighths, and every day the participants got a fat eighth in their box. At the end of the process you had all the materials needed to create the quilt.

Winter Star became so popular that I brought it back and reprinted it with my newest fabric line, Chill. So, why not be inspired by this beautiful pattern’s original intention and create a very unique, thoughtful and fun gift for your favorite quilter? You can choose 24 fat eighths as called for in the pattern’s materials list and give it to a sewist friend as an advent calendar gift. They certainly won’t have seen anything like it!

You can buy it right now or shop with our discount offer we will send you this weekend.

Stay tuned! We’ll be having a huge pattern discount sale July 10th-12th. Sign up for the Zen Chic newsletter to stay updated!

Other patterns you may like

FREE QUILT ALONG BLOCKHEADS 2020
BLOCK #26
ZIG ZAGS

Here we are half-way through Moda Blockheads 2020! And you know what? It’s never too late to join in the fun... If you’re brand new to Blockheads, each week for 52 weeks we share a free block pattern, and you can go back through the last few months of blog posts to catch up and join us any time. Be sure to check out this post to find out what fabrics you’ll need to create your own unique sampler quilt using free block patterns from Moda designers each week.

And definitely don’t miss stopping by our Facebook community – it’s where we get to see all the wonderful blocks that are shared and catch glimpses of the sampler quilts that are coming together. Be sure to share yours with us, and you can also share your blocks on Instagram using the hashtags #modablockheads and #modablockheads3.

If you want to know more about what this is all about, you can also go back and check out Blockheads 2, our last round of Moda Blockheads. It was a fabulous time with lots of inspiration and new friendships, just as this year is!

This week’s block, Zig Zags, is brought to us by Janet Clare, one of my European colleagues. Janet is located in the United Kingdom and has a European style that resonates with my own. Her style is also recognized by its very natural color palettes. I’m looking forward to seeing all the wonderful interpretations of this block design!

Don't miss the other blockheads involved in this project:

Betsy Chutchian
Corey Yoder of Coriander Quilt
Janet Clare
Jan Patek
Jen Kingwell
Joanna Figueroa of Fig Tree
Jo Morton
Laurie Simpson
Lisa Bongean of Primitive Gatherings
Lissa Alexander of Moda
Lynne Hagmeier of Kansas Troubles
Me & My Sister Designs
Robin Pickens
Sherri McConnell of A Quilting Life
Stacy Iest Hsu
Vanessa Goertzen of Lella Boutique
Carrie Nelson

Stay tuned… Each week I’ll reveal more of my layout with the next block!

Which one of the four new Chill patterns is your favorite? Share with us in the comments below!