Quilt Block Star Pattern
Stable DiffusionQuilt Block Star Pattern is an SDXL 1.0 prompt for a traditional pieced quilt design at 1:1. Naming the LeMoyne block and insisting the eight points meet at one centre is what keeps the geometry credible to anyone who quilts.
Last tested: July 2026 with Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0
Part of the Stable Diffusion prompt library · see more flat design prompts .
How to use this prompt
Quilt designs are judged at the seam. Eight diamonds in a LeMoyne star must converge on one sharp point, and left to itself SDXL leaves a gap or spins the centre into a pinwheel — which is why the gap is banned in the negative as well as specified in the prompt. Naming the block gives the model a real reference to draw on rather than a generic star. The hand-quilted stitch lines are the second essential: they sit on top of the piecing as surface texture, and without them the result reads as printed wrapping paper rather than layered, stitched cloth.
Variations to try
- Switch to a Flying Geese block in mustard and teal, keeping the same hand-quilted stitch rows
- Scrappy version: many different prints per star rather than two, on an unbleached calico ground
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For developers — copy this prompt as JSON
{
"title": "Quilt Block Star Pattern",
"prompt": "A traditional patchwork quilt in a repeating LeMoyne star block layout, eight diamond points radiating from a single sharp centre in alternating cranberry and indigo cotton prints against a bone-white background, small-scale floral and ticking-stripe fabrics, visible hand-quilted stitch lines running in parallel rows across the whole surface, slight cotton weave texture, flat overhead view, soft even light, no shadows, no text",
"negative_prompt": "blurry, low quality, 3d, perspective, rumpled fabric, cast shadows, glossy sheen, text, watermark, misaligned seams, gap at the star centre, digital gradient, machine-printed look",
"model": "Stable Diffusion",
"model_version": "SDXL 1.0",
"settings": {
"aspect_ratio": "1:1",
"steps": 30,
"cfg": 6.5,
"sampler": "DPM++ 2M Karras"
},
"style_tags": [
"flat-design",
"vintage"
],
"use_case_tags": [
"seamless-patterns",
"illustration"
],
"source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/stable-diffusion/quilt-block-star-pattern/"
} The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.