My Star Surround Dolly Quilt

The Star Surround QAL is nearing the end.  To see the other gorgeous Star Surround quilt tops, please visit Happy Quilting’s blog post.  You will need to scroll down towards the end of the blog post :). I am still learning to quilt so only did straight line quilting using a walking foot to quilt my Star Surround dolly quilt.  I went around the star and the star surround.  I also quilted the square outline of the block.  For the binding, I used this easiest cheat binding tutorial by Pretty Prudent. My 4yo DD loves her dolly quilt and insisted Belle use it that night :).   Here is the dolly bed my husband made for our 4yo DD.  It was supposed to be for her 3rd birthday.  LOL 15 months late is better than not finishing it at all :).  The dolly bed was made using Ana White Homemaker’s Doll Farmhouse Bed tutorial found here.  DH initially painted it white but DD insisted the bed be purple so he spray painted it purple. The Star Surround dolly quilt on the dolly bed.  Now to make a mattress with matching sheets and pillow :). Two of the chosen fabric used in the dolly quilt is from the fabric range Veranda Screen Print by Amanda Murphy for Robert Kaufman.  The purple print is D#11500 and the yellow print is D#...

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My week 6 for Star Surround QAL

Sep 02, 13 My week 6 for Star Surround QAL

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As it was Father’s Day on Sunday 1st Sept, I was really busy last week volunteering in my girls’ classroom/Kindy. Luckily I found some time during the weekend to add a white border to finish my quilt top for the Star Surround QAL.   For more information and to see the tutorials for Star Surround QAL, please visit Happy Quilting here :). Please excuse the photo.  I was in a hurry so didn’t have time to take a better photo.  Now to baste, quilt and bind it :). Two of the chosen fabric used in the dolly quilt top is from the fabric range Veranda Screen Print by Amanda Murphy for Robert Kaufman.  The purple print is D#11500 and the yellow print is D# 11485....

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My week 5 for Star Surround QAL

Aug 20, 13 My week 5 for Star Surround QAL

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Yay the end of the Star Surround QAL is nearly here!  To find out more information about the Star Surround QAL, please visit Melissa’s blog Happy Quilting. This week’s assignment is to build the block surround.  I was too eager to see how the block would look like that I went ahead and finished the block before I could take pics of this week’s assignment.   Good to see other quilters also completed their  star surround block :). LOL must remember not to choose prints with lines in them.  It shows where I haven’t cut straight enough and it sure made it harder with placement for the star’s surround part of the block. Not perfect but I am pretty happy with the results :). Two of the chosen fabric above is Veranda Screen Print by Amanda Murphy for Robert Kaufman.  The purple print is D#11500 and the yellow print is D#...

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My week 4 for Star Surround QAL

Aug 13, 13 My week 4 for Star Surround QAL

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Week 4 of the Star Surround QAL is building the centre block i.e. the star.  For more information about the Star Surround QAL, please visit Melissa’s blog Happy Quilting. I think my 1/4″ seam allowances are getting better as most of my points are almost aligned :). Looking forward to finishing this Star Surround block :). The yellow print is Veranda Screen Print by Amanda Murphy for Robert Kaufman D#...

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My week 3 for Star Surround QAL

Aug 07, 13 My week 3 for Star Surround QAL

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Week 3 for the Star Surround QAL is Flying Geece.  Melissa at Happy Quilting provides an excellent tutorial on how to do Flying Geece for the QAL.  I found the tutorial very helpful and so easy for my first attempt ever at Flying Geese.  Think they turned out ok :).  Can not wait for next week’s assignment :). To find out more info about week 3/Flying Geese and the Star Surround QAL, please visit Melissa’s blog here.  Thanks for stopping by :). The purple print is Veranda Screen Print by Amanda Murphy for Robert Kaufman...

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My week 2 for Star Surround QAL

Aug 01, 13 My week 2 for Star Surround QAL

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I finally found some time today to do Week 2 for the Star Surround QAL.  The Star Surround QAL is a quilt along run by Melissa at Happy Quilting.  There is still time to join so please visit her blog here to find out more about the Star Surround QAL. Week 2 involves sewing Half Square Triangles.  Melissa provides an easy and well structured post (here) about how to sew Half Square Triangles and to trim/square them up. Here are my Half Square Triangles for week 2. Looking forward to Week 3’s assignment of Flying Geese :). The yellow print is Veranda Screen Print by Amanda Murphy for Robert Kaufman D#...

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