Border Print Tree Skirt Pattern - Download - Jinny Beyer Studio

Finishes 63" at widest point

Jinny Beyer’s Border Print Christmas Tree Skirt puts her elegant border print fabric to work for you. That one
fabric gives you large, ornate triangles, which are divided by strips of shaded, classic flying geese units.
Be sure to read the entire pattern before beginning. All
seam allowances are ¼-inch. Pattern assumes basic
quiltmaking knowledge. Press seams to one side.
Step 1: Make Large Border Print Triangle
Units
Follow the instructions on page 4 to make a full-sized
Template 1 pattern.
Place a large sheet of template plastic over the Template
1 pattern and using a permanent marker, transfer
the cutting, sewing and center lines, arrow and dot
from the pattern to the template.
A large border print triangle is made from three Template
1 triangles. Follow the Template 1 Layout Diagram
and Cutting Instructions on page 3 to mark and
cut the Template 1 triangles.
Once all the Template 1 triangles have been cut, sort
them into two different piles of A and B triangles.
When you piece the large triangle units, be sure you
are using three identical pieces.
To make a unit, select three identical triangles. Place
two triangles together, right sides facing, matching the
fabric designs. Pin along one of the short sides and
then sew, stopping at the dot marked on your fabric.
Pin the third triangle to your newly sewn unit along a
short side, matching the fabric design, and sew, stopping
at the dot. Repeat
for the last seam and
press the unit. Repeat
to make six triangle
units.
Diagram 1
1
Step 2: Make Flying Geese Strips
The flying geese units can be constructed with traditional
piecing methods or using the foundation masters
provided on pages 4 and 5. After selecting your desired
method, follow the fabric cutting directions on page 7
for Fabrics 1-5.
Traditional Piecing: Referring to Diagrams 2 & 3
below, sew a Fabric 5 triangle to each short side of the
Fabrics 1-4 triangles. Make a total of 30 units using
Fabrics 1-3 and 24 units using Fabric 4.
*
Fabric 5
Diagram 2
Red
Fabric
Fabric 5
Red
Fabric
Diagram 3
Fabric 5
Sew the units together as in Diagram 5 on page 2,
making a total of six flying geese strips.
Foundation Piecing: To foundation piece, make six copies
each of Foundations 1-4.
Foundation piece the strips, using the fabrics and piecing
orders indicated on the foundations. Sew the foundations
together as shown in Diagram 5 to make six
complete strips of flying geese units.
Attach Border Print Rectangles.
Using Template 4 on page 6, cut twelve identical pieces
of border print, placing the template on the wide fabric
stripe as shown below and aligning the mirror line in
the center of the design motif. Sew one rectangle to the
top and bottom of each flying geese strip.
Diagram 4. Template 4 patches can be cut from both edges of the
wide border print stripe. Be sure to align the mirror line on the template
on a mirror-image motif. The * indicates the portion of the
stripe that will be visible once the quilt is complete.

3
2
1
4
3
2
1
4
3
2
1
4
3
2
1
4
3
2
1
Foundation
4
Foundation 2 Foundation 3
Foundation 1
Diagram 5. Sew the flying geese units or foundations together in the
order shown above. If you foundation pieced, do not remove the paper
foundations until the tree skirt has been assembled in Step 3.
2
Step 3: Assemble the Tree Skirt
Following the color image on the pattern cover and the
diagram below, sew the tree skirt together, alternating
border print triangles and flying geese strips. Leave the
final seam open.
If you foundation-pieced the flying geese strips, remove
the foundations at this time. Take extra care removing
the foundation behind the strip on the open seam to
avoid stretching the edges.
B
A
A
Diagram 6. When assembling the tree skirt, alternate the A and B triangle
units and leave one seam open (as indicated by the heavy line).
Step 4: Finish the Tree Skirt
Layer the tree skirt as follows: backing (wrong side up),
batting, pieced tree skirt (right side up). Baste the layers
together. Quilt as desired, but not crossing over the
unsewn edge.
When quilting is completed, trim backing and batting
even with the edges of tree skirt. Cut through the backing
and batting along the open seam and cut out the
backing and batting in the center opening.
Make bias binding strips using Fabric 7 and bind using
your favorite binding method or by following the
instruction for Binding a Quilt the Jinny Beyer Way at
www.jinnybeyer.com/promos/binding.
B
B
A

A
A
A
A
Template 1 Cutting Instructions
Each large border print triangle is made from three
identical triangles cut using Template 1. The yardage
provided is sufficient to provide two sets (A and B) of
nine matching triangles. This means that three of the
finished triangle units will have one design, and three
will have a slightly different design.
Triangle A
Triangle B
Each triangle “captures” a portion of a narrow stripe at the top and
bottom, and the full width of the wide stripe through the center. However,
because the mirror line on the template is placed on the mirror
line of two different design motifs, two different completed triangle
units will result.
The Template 1 Layout Diagram above shows you how
to position the template to maximize the use of the fabric.
As you mark and cut, here are several things to keep
in mind:
• Align the dotted sewing line on the long side of the
template just under the narrow printed edge of the
narrow border stripe as in the diagrams above.
B
B
B
B
A
A
A
A
3
B B
B
B
B
Template 1 Layout Diagram
A
• To achieve the mirrored effect, you must center the
template in the middle of a mirrored motif and ensure
that the template is positioned over exactly the same
design repeat for each of the matching triangles. To do
this, place the template over the fabric in the desired
position and mark a portion of the design motif onto
the template. When you’re ready to mark and cut the
next piece, be sure to match the motif on the template
with the motif on the fabric.
(To use the same plastic template for both the A and B
triangles, simply use different colors to mark the two
different motifs on the template.)
Once your pieces are cut, transfer the dot marked at the
top of the template to the wrong side of your pieces.

To make a full-sized Template 1, enlarge the Template 1 pattern piece 200%,
then make a second copy of the enlarged pattern. Flip the copy printed side
down and trace over the dashed and solid lines. Match the two pieces along the
mirror line and tape together.
Match the two pieces on the center line and tape together to
make a full-sized pattern.
Template Size Check
This box should measure
2 inches square before the
page is enlarged.
If the box does not measure 2",
your templates/foundations will
not be the correct size.
If you are printing at home, be
sure your printer is set to print at
100% with “no scaling”.
Template 2
Do Not Enlarge
4
Template 1 (Left Side)
Enlarge 200%
Template 3
Do Not Enlarge
Mirror Line

17 16 18
Fabric 2
14 13 15
Fabric 1
11 10 12
Fabric 4
8 7
9
Fabric 3
5 4
6
Fabric 2
2 1
3
Fabric 1
Foundation 1
5
17
16
Fabric 4
14 13 15
Fabric 3
11 10 12
Fabric 2
8 7
9
Fabric 1
5 4
6
Fabric 4
2 1
3
Fabric 3
Foundation 2
18

17
16
Fabric 2
Fabric 1
Fabric 4
8 7
9
Fabric 3
5 4
6
Fabric 2
2 1
3
Fabric 1
Foundation 3
18
14 13 15
11 10 12
6
2 1
3
Template 4
Fabric 3
Foundation 4
Mirror Line

1161-04
1165-04
1164-01
1162-01
1165-01
1163-01
1166-04
Fabric & Cutting Guide
The flying geese units can be made using traditional sewing or foundation-piecing techniques. Cutting directions for
both techniques are provided below; choose one only. (Note that the Fabric 5 patches are cut slightly oversized for foundation
piecing.)
1161-01
1165-01
4 yards required for backing (not included in kits)
Fabric 1 ¼ yard
Traditional/Foundation: Cut 15 squares measuring 2 7/ 8"
then cut them once on the diagonal or cut 30 patches
using Template 2.
Fabric 2 ¼ yard
Traditional/Foundation: Cut 15 squares measuring 2 7/ 8"
then cut them once on the diagonal or cut 30 patches
using Template 2.
Fabric 3 ¼ yard
Traditional/Foundation: Cut 15 squares measuring 2 7/ 8"
then cut them once on the diagonal or cut 30 patches
using Template 2.
Fabric 4
1/ 8 yard
Traditional/Foundation: Cut 12 squares measuring 2 7/ 8"
then cut them once on the diagonal or cut 24 patches
using Template 2.
Fabric 5 ¾ yard
Traditional: Cut 114 squares measuring 2¼" then cut
them once on the diagonal or cut 228 patches using Template 3.
Foundation: Cut 114 squares measuring 2¾" then cut
once on the diagonal.
Fabric 6 4½ yards
See pattern.
Fabric 7
Reserve for binding.
7
7/ 8 yard
©2009, 2012 Jinny Beyer
Pattern written by Elaine Kelly