Hollow Stars Baby Quilt - final

H OllOw StaRs BaBY Quilt
Quilt size: 42½ inches x 42½
inches (106cm x106cm)
In keeping with my daughter’s
design brief for a baby quilt with a
minimalist design in soft plains,
I’ve made this little Hollow Stars
Quilt for my first grandbaby,
I chose to use five different
coloured fabrics, graduating the
stars from blue on one corner
through green to grey on the
opposite corner.

Fabric requirements
(Quantities are for width of fabric (WOF) which is assumed to be at least 110cm/44inches)
1.25 metres White or antique white homespun
10cm
Coloured homespun for each star (90cm in total for nine stars)
30cm
Binding fabric
1.20 metres Backing fabric
115cm x115cm Batting
Cutting
From the white background:
• Cut seven 2 inch WOF strips for the sashings.
o From two of these strips cut: 6 x (2 inch x 12½ inch) strips.
o From four of these strips cut 4 x (2 inch x 39½ inch) strips.
o From the remaining two strips cut 2 x (2 inch x 42½ inch) strips.
• Cut 6 x 3½ inch WOF strips, cross cut these into 3½ inch squares – you will need a
total of 72 x 3½ inch squares. Lightly, in pencil, draw one diagonal line on one
side of each square.
• Cut 2 x 6½ inch WOF strips, cross cut these into 6½ inch squares – you will need a
total of 9 x 6½ inch squares (one for each star block)
From the coloured fabrics:
For each of the nine star blocks, cut in your chosen colours:
4 x 3 ½ inch squares
4 x (3½ inch x 6½ inch) rectangles.
Construction
Blocks
For each star block make four flying geese units.
Make each of these by placing a 3½ inch square of the white background fabric (with the
pencil line facing up) on one end of a coloured 3½ inch x 6½ inch rectangle. Follow the
pencil line and stitch diagonally across the white square. (Diagram 1), turn the triangle
of the white background square back over the line of sewing to give three layers on the
corner. Press and then trim back the back two layers of fabric. Place a second white
square on the other end of the coloured rectangle and stitch (Diagram 2) and press as
before.
Diagram 1 Diagram 2

Piece the block by first joining a coloured
3½ inch square to each end of two of the
flying geese units and by joining a flying
geese unit to either side of a 6½ inch white
square - take care here to join the white
side of the flying geese unit to the white
square. (Diagram 3)
Diagram 3
Join the three pieced units to make the finished star block.
(Diagrams 4 & 5)
Diagram 4 Diagram 5
Piecing the quilt
Lay out your nine blocks in your
chosen combination.
Join the blocks into three rows of
three, stitching one of the 2inch x
12½ inch sashing strips between
blocks one and two and two and
three in each row. (Diagram 6)
Diagram 6

Join the three rows,
stitch one of each of the
2 inch x 39½ inch
sashing strips between
the rows and to the top
and bottom.
(Diagram 7)
(Diagram 7)
Finish by stitching a 2 inch
x 42½ inch sashing strip to
either side. (Diagram 8)
(Diagram 8)

Sandwiching and Quilting
Layer your chosen backing
fabric, batting and quilt top
and pin or baste securely. I
machine quilted my quilt in a
shadow pattern using 12wt
sulky thread. However it also
lends itself easily to hand
quilting or machine quilting in
the ditch. Trim the batting and
backing back to the edge of
the quilt top.
Binding
To bind the quilt edges, cut
five 2¼ inch WOF strips of the
binding fabric, join these into
a single strip, then press in
half lengthwise. Align the raw
edges with the raw edges of
the quilt and attach with a
seam a ¼ inch in from the raw
edges, taking care to fold the
fabric to mitre the corner.
Turn the binding to the back
and hand stitch in place.
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