Hi Quilty Friends! I’m Melanie from A Bit of Scrap Stuff (Blog) (Instagram) . Today I’m sharing my Chain of Stars Quilt featuring Hey Bootiful fabric designed by My Mind’s Eye for Riley Blake Designs. The Hey Bootiful Collection is the perfect collection if you love “spooky cute” Halloween! Plus a few of the prints glow in the dark… so fun!
As I wanted to use allll the cute Hey Bootiful Fabrics, my Chain of Stars Quilt was the perfect match! Plus it’s one of my favorite quilts to sew!
Chain of Stars Quilt 61.5″ x 70.5″
Fabric Requirements:
- (42) 10″ squares : (1) Hey Bootiful 10″ Stacker
- 2.75 yards Background: Bee Cross Stitch on Cloud Pumpkin C747-Pumpkin
- 0.5 yard Gray Background: Dapple Dot Riley Gray C640-RileyGray
- 0.625 Binding: Hey Bootiful Plaid Off White
- 0.75 yard Orange Border: Hey Bootiful Sheets Ghosts Orange
- 0.75 yard Black Border Hey Bootiful Sheets Ghosts Charcoal Glow in the Dark
- 4 yards Backing: Seasonal Basic Bat Orange
- Chain of Stars PDF Quilt Pattern: Pattern Shop OR Etsy
Chain of Stars is a fabulous quilt for beginners as the stars are No Point Matching Stars, which means the points float in the background fabric so you don’t have to match up the points when sewing blocks together – it’s so much easier and your stars always have points!
Chain of Stars Quilt is a block based quilt pattern so adjusting your quilt size is easy. One 10″ square (plus background) makes 1 Chain of Stars Block. As I wanted to use the lighter prints in Hey Bootiful, I substituted 5 star background fabric with Dapple Dot Riley Gray and the white stars really shine now!
As I wanted my Chain of Stars Quilt a bit bigger, I added a border! Adding a border is a very quick and easy way to enlarge your quilt. Plus it is fun to choose your favorite print (or prints) to have a larger impact on your quilt!
OPTIONAL: Outer Border Instructions
The original Chain of Stars Quilt doesn’t have a border, but adding an outer border is super easy!
0.75 yard Black Border Hey Bootiful Sheets Ghosts Charcoal Glow in the Dark
- Cut (5) 4″ x Length of Fabric (27″). This will have your ghosts floating upright for side borders.
- Sew strips together to form one very long narrow strip
- Measure quilt length. Example Quilt Length of 63.5″*. Cut (2) outer border strips 4″ x 63.5″*. Sew (1) outer border strip to right side of quilt and (1) outer border strip to left side of quilt.
0.75 yard Orange Border: Hey Bootiful Sheets Ghosts Orange
- Cut (4) 4″ x Width of Fabric (40″). This will have your ghosts floating upright for top/bottom borders.
- Sew strips together to form one very long narrow strip
- Measure quilt width. Example Quilt Width of 61.5″*. Cut (2) outer border strips 4″ x 61″*. Sew (1) outer border stripe to top of quilt and (1) outer border strip to bottom of quilt.
* Cut your border strips to the measured length and width of your quilt.
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Happy Quilting!
Melanie Call