My Ghost Party quilt is finished and ready for Halloween! This was such a fun quilt to make and I was able to use my Riley Blake Designs fabric scraps to create this quilt!
There are a lot of scrappy squares to cut out for the quilt. To make it easier, the AccuQuilt square die is super helpful!
I did omit the right and left side patchwork columns because I found the perfect fleece backing, but it wasn't quite wide enough so I made my quilt a bit more narrow.
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 withDapple 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!
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.
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.
Welcome back to week 4 of the Boo Crew Mystery Quilt with Fat Quarter Shop! This week we are completing the Boo Crew Quilt - yay!!! This sweet and spooky quilt will be used this fall!
I wanted my Boo Crew Mystery Quilt a bit larger so I added an outer border, which was super easy. I simply cut (4) 4" x WOF strips to attach to quilt center (purple border as shown in pattern). My finished quilt with added border is : 41"x 43"
Boo Crew Mystery Quilt (with outer border 41" x 43")
