Star is very popular design element in Islamic art including Ajrakh. We mostly use 8 pointed star in Ajrakh. Here you can see many variations of the 8 pointed star pattern in a single block design – an outline of stars, flat-surfaced star, stars with curved lines, and stars formed by connecting a pattern of dots.

This 8 pointed star is formed by overlapping of two squares – the second square tilted at an angle and then connecting the corner points of these overlapped squares.  The spaces between the stars are further ornamented with abstract vegetal motifs and other geometric shapes.

In traditional Ajrakh designs, often the star becomes the point of view for us from which the rest of the design radiates as shown in an Ajrkah sari designs below.