quilting

How to make a Jewels border for a quilt

Let’s make another border. This time the border has 2 blocks that are placed on point complete with side triangles and corner triangles.

Let’s learn how to make a Jewels border in 3 minutes:

Finished block

5 1/2″ x 5 1/2″

Fabric needs

  • 2 strips, 2 1/2″ x WOF (width of fabric), one in the background fabric and one in print A
  • 4 squares, 6 3/4″ x 6 3/4″ in the background fabric
  • 4 squares, 4 3/8″ x 4 3/8″ in print B
  • 2 square, 3 5/8″ x 3 5/8″ in the background fabric

Ready to make one?

My book Turnabout Patchwork

“Turnabout Patchwork. Simple quilts with a twist” is all about playing with blocks – making a block, slicing it up, and turning or repositioning the pieces to make a completely different block (sometimes two smaller blocks) to yield endless quilt tops.

See all the quilts in the book in a real life project

Do you wish to receive my tutorials in your inbox?

Share your work!

If you make any of my tutorials this is how you can share your pictures:

  • On Instagram please tag me with @teresadownunder and hashtag #teresadownunder
  • Join my Facebook group and post your pictures there
How tomake a Jewels quilt border

This post has affiliate links.

3 comments

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s

%d bloggers like this: