Border Basics 2016 brochure

Border Print Fabrics - Making Quilting Magic
B ecoming familiar with Jinny Beyer border print fabrics is a great way to add to your quiltmaking skill
set. Designed specifically for quilters, by a world-renowned fabric and quilt designer, they are easy to use but
provide big impact. This e-book will show you how to put border print fabrics to work.
As high-impact patches
in your quilt blocks
As the only fabric in a block
or the primary one in a quilt
As an elegant, balanced
border for your quilts
Inside you will find gorgeous examples of blocks and
projects using border prints, with tips and techniques
on how to best use these versatile fabrics. Plus there
are free project patterns and tip sheets to download,
and links to videos where Jinny shows you her secrets
to using border print
inspired!
fabrics. Prepare to be
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Echoes pattern and quilt kits available at jinnybeyer.com and rjrfabrics.com

The Key Characteristics of Border Prints
Trust a quilter to design fabric with maximum design potential and minimum waste! With more than thirty
years’ experience, Jinny ensures that every border print fabric she designs has these three characteristics:
1) At least 4 narrow & 4 wide stripes
2) Seam allowance between stripes
Every border print is designed to have at least four
narrow and four wide stripes that run the length of
fabric. Having narrow and wide stripes provides
multiple design options for using them in blocks,
sashings and borders. And with at least four of each
stripe, it’s easy to figure out how much is required to
use them to frame a quilt: take the longest side of the
quilt and add 18" for a square quilt (24" for a
rectangular quilt) for matching the designs at the
corners.
Every fabric is designed with at least ½" between the
wide and narrow stripes. This allows you to cut
between them, maintaining a ¼" seam allowance on
both sides of the stripes! This means you never have
to waste a stripe to use the part you want – you use
every bit of fabric.
3) Fabric designed with mirror images
Watch This!
An Introduction to Jinny Beyer Border Print Fabrics
jinnybeyer.com/bordertips
Something wonderful happens when you use fabric
that has mirror-image designs. In these designs, the
left side is a reflection of the right side. Sometimes the
designs reflect top to bottom, too. Fabrics that are
designed in this way open a world of kaleidoscopic
possibilities in patches and blocks.
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Incorporating Borders into Your Blocks & Quilts
S ince the very beginning, quilters have been carefully cutting fabric to feature a particular portion of the
design in their blocks. With their mirror-image designs, border print fabrics are ideal for fussy cutting.
This compass-style
block features
classic fussy cutting.
Eight of the compass
points are cut
from identical
portions of the
border print.
Patchwork of the Crosses
This popular Lucy
Boston block is ideal for
fussy cut border print
patches.
North Carolina Star
Fairfax Crown
The center square in
this block is made from
four identical triangles.
Wishing Star
This block includes two
different patches cut from
portions of the border
print. Look at the
wonderful kaleidoscopic
effects you can create
when you sew identical,
mirror-imaged patches
together!
Use this technique in other shapes too!
Octagons Equilateral Triangles Hexagons
Rising Sun Wonder of Egypt Diamond & Arrows
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For the biggest impact when fussy cutting borders, keep these tips in mind.
When a patch is repeated
in a block, center
the mirror-image motif
in the patch and cut
identical pieces. As in
the North Carolina Star
block, this gives a
pleasing symmetry and
rhythm to the block.
When multiple
identical patches are
used to form a shape
such as a square,
hexagon, octagon or
triangle, capture a
printed line from the
border print on the
outside edge of the patch. This forms a strong frame around
the unit, as in Fairfax Crown.
Border prints can also be used as whole blocks
and entire quilt projects too!
Thousand Pyramids (right) is a great
example of how a project can be
composed entirely of border prints.
Look at the design
possibilities when using
border prints in tumbling
blocks (left), hexagons
(bottom), and triangles.
These are all great shapes to
use with border prints, and
when repeated, can make a
striking allover design.
The Thousand Pyramids and Border Print Tumbling Blocks
patterns and quilt kits are available at jinnybeyer.com
Watch This!
Check out Jinny’s video, Magical Effects with
Border Print Fabrics www.jinnybeyer.com/bordertips
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Making a Border Print Square
J ust as you can replace individual patches in a quilt block with border print fabric, you can make whole
blocks – or even whole projects – out of border prints. The process is the same, but the pieces are bigger!
1) Make the template.
Determine the finished size of the square. Draw the square on paper, then
divide it into four triangles by marking two lines, corner to corner.
Place see-through plastic on top of one of the triangles and trace a dashed
line around it. This will be the finished size of the triangle. Next, draw lines
¼" outside the dotted lines to add seam allowance. Cut out the triangle
template on these solid lines.
Mark the mirror line down the very center of the template, and add a
grainline arrow near the base of the triangle.
2) Center the template on one of the mirror-image
motifs on the fabric.
Use the mirror line as a guide. Adjust the template so the outside edge of the
stripe is just inside the dashed line at the base of the triangle. Mark a portion
of the fabric design on the template to use as a guide for cutting out the
remaining identical pieces. Mark around the template and cut the piece out.
3) Use the template to cut three additional triangles
that are identical to the first .
Pin the triangles together in pairs, carefully matching the fabric design, then
sew them together. Sew the two pairs together to complete the border print
square. Simply position the template on different portions of the fabric.
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One border print can produce a myriad of designs.
Simply position the template on different portions of the fabric.
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Framing a Square Quilt the Jinny Beyer Way
B order stripes have been used to frame quilts and bed linens for centuries. Jinny has perfected the art of
framing a quilt with border print fabric, so the designs match perfectly at the corners. And with her
technique, there’s no math involved! Simply follow the steps below.
1) Mark & cut the first border strip.
Place a strip of border print across the middle of the quilt, centering a
motif from the border at the exact center of the quilt. To mark the first
miter, position a quilter’s ruler so the 45° angle runs along the bottom
edge of the border print and the ruler touches the point where the top
edge of the border print meets the edge of the quilt. Mark, then cut
the miter line.
45° line
2) Miter each edge.
Use the mitered edge as a pattern for the other side of the strip. Bring
the mitered side of the border strip to the opposite side of the quilt,
folding the strip over itself, right sides together. Place the top edge of
miter at the edge of the quilt, adjusting it a bit if necessary so that the
design motifs on the top and bottom match exactly. Mark and cut this
second miter.
3) Cut the remaining border strips.
Using this cut strip as a pattern, cut three more identical
strips, matching the fabric designs exactly.
4) Mark the seam intersections.
Mark the seam intersection points on the short side of each of your
border strips. To find the points, simply draw a short line ¼" inside
the mitered edge and the short edge of the border strip. Make a dot
where the two lines intersect. Do the same for each corner of your
quilt. Marking these dots will help you achieve perfect miters!
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5) Sew the borders to the quilt.
Pin the mid-point of one of the border pieces to the middle of one of
the edges of the quilt. Next, match and pin the dots on each side of
your border with the dots on the quilt corners. Continue pinning the
border to the quilt, easing in any fullness. Sew the border to the quilt,
starting and stopping at the dots, and locking your stitches. Do not sew
past the dots into the seam allowance! Repeat for the remaining three
borders.
6) Sew the miters.
At one corner, pin the borders together, matching
the fabric designs. Begin stitching from the inside
dot towards the edge of the border. Lock your
stitches at the beginning and end. Repeat for the
remaining three borders.
Get more details on this technique – plus
instructions on framing a rectangular quilt and
applying multiple borders at
jinnybeyer.com/bordertips
Watch This!
Watch Jinny demonstrate her no-math border
technique in Framing a Quilt with Border Print Fabric
www.jinnybeyer.com/bordertips
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Putting it all Together
J o celebrate her latest collection of border print fabrics, Jinny has created a brand new quilt.
Explore the three main border print techniques with High Tea
• Fussy cuting border print patches in blocks
• Using border prints as alternating blocks
• Framing a quilt with border print
Blue/gold colorway
The High Tea pattern is available in two colorways for download at
jinnybeyer.com/borderprojects and rjrfabrics.com
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Try These Inspirational and Free Projects
Cosmos
Border Print Place Mat
Cosmos is Jinny’s 2016 BOM quilt – it features a border print
in the quilt blocks, sashing and borders. The pattern is free to
Jinny’s newsletter subscribers. For more information or to
subscribe, visit www.jinnybeyer.com/subscribe
Made from just six pieces, the Border Print Place Mat
is cut from a half-yard of border print fabric. You can
vary the look by changing which portion of the fabric
design you use. Any border print fabric will work, so
choose your favorite and make a set. There’s even
instructions for a table runner variation! The pattern is
a free download at jinnybeyer.com
Medallion Table Runner
This lovely table runner features a center medallion made from border print, plus braided strips of
beautifully coordinated fabrics. The pattern is a free download at jinnybeyer.com and rjrfabrics.com
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"In creating my newest Border Basics Collection, I focused on versatility in both
design and color. The border prints are set in different scales to fit projects in a variety
of sizes, and include multicolor and tone-on-tone options – perfect for projects for
every occasion and every season."
To see a full collection of Jinny Beyer's Border Basics, visit www.rjrfabrics.com.