Five Pointed Stars

This month’s pattern is a five pointed star that you can choose to cut out and make into 3d ornaments. There are two versions I show you in the video, a simple small decorative star and a larger hanging ornament.

If you’re a Community tier member, check below for your downloadable files. You’ll find one file with a simple small star in it. You could choose to print this out at different sizes (depending on your printer settings) to get a variety of sizes. The second file has two larger stars with tabs marked on that you can join back-to-back to make a 3d ornament. Simply cut all around the outside lines, score the inner ones, form the stars into folds using the scoring lines. Add glue to the tabs, then fold them inwards and use them to stick your two stars together. 

There are ‘print and paint’ options, with very feint grey lines that you can print onto watercolour or mixed media paper from your home printer and start painting straight away. These are A4 and letter sized files so choose the one that matches your paper. The other download option is a traceable file. This is the same image but with a black outline. These you can print out and trace to your final paper. You’ll also find a link to the forum where you can share your work with us, ask any questions and get support.

For Pattern Lovers, you’ll find the making video for this month’s project including drawing instructions for the five pointed star.

In the video I mentioned Samira Mian’s video on dividing a circle into five and you can find that on her wonderful YouTube channel.

For Pattern Makers, I recorded a live making session on Saturday 20th December at 7pm UK time. The recording of this session is below in the Pattern Maker Section.