Diamond quilt border patterns

Let me show you how to add borders to your quilt the correct way! This will help prevent puckers and tucks in the quilting, and help your quilt to lay flat when it is done. Whether you choose to quilt

Let’s make an other 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: Finishe

Seminole patchwork tutorial- learn how to enhance a design with rainbow fabric.

Today on QUILTsocial Christine Baker of Fairfield Road Designs shares tips for sewing borders that have setting triangles. Christine has made a video showing the steps to follow to make a beautiful pieced border.

Learn how to make a diamond quilt without a lot of fuss and hard seams.

As I mentioned yesterday, I elected to Seminole piece the border for my Hen Party quilt. I did wonder, when I made the design, if I was biting off more than I could chew, but fortunately it has worked out very well! The whole key is to slow down and be very deliberate in everything you do. My border design called for 3" diamonds centred down a 6" strip. The sides of the diamonds needed to be 2 1/8", so I cut the brown strips at 2 5/8". In order for the cream edges to be wide enough, I cut…

How to make a diamond chain in a square block. From the diamond fabric cut one strip 1 3/4" x width of fabric and from the background ...

This post is coming out a few days early so you can be ready to work on the Diamond Borders when the pattern is released, usually the first of the month. Irene Blanck, the designer of the 2022 Block of the Month quilt for The Quilt Show, describes this border as representing a picket fence around your beautiful garden. The first decision you will make is if you will applique the diamonds onto a long background OR if you will piece the diamonds with equilateral triangles. Irene appliqued…

A Bonjour Quilts sewing tutorial for a diamond quilt block - make your own scrappy diamond quilt with this quilt block pattern tutorial.

Have you ever wanted to give a little added punch to your borders? Here is a very easy way to do just that! You can make this any size you want. If you want larger diamonds, just cut the center strip wider. Although this is more time consuming than many methods, you achieve a very pleasing result that looks much more difficult than it really is! This is actually a form of Seminole Patchwork. 1. Cut strips crosswise (from selvage to selvage) in the width you want. I have cut my outer borders…