The Bars and Blocks Quilt Border Pattern makes a delightful quilt border inspired by a checkerboard. Have fun with contrasting color when making this quilt border. Download the Bars and Blocks Quilt Border Pattern as a PDF to print out the pattern. You'll need to enlarge the quilt border to 125%.

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Bars and Blocks Border Pattern
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To make the Bars and Blocks Quilt Border Pattern:

Cut A's and B's from fabric and contrast fabric. Stitch A to contrast A to A. Stitch contrast B to B to contrast B. Stitch AAA's to BBB's to create needed lengths. For each corner, stitch a 9-patch with B's, using 5 B's and 4 contrast B's.

Fabric variation of the Bars and Blocks Border Pattern
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The Bars and Blocks Quilt Border Pattern features
a charming design resembling a checkerboard.

Use this border on your favorite quilt pattern from the Quilt Patterns page. Like this quilt border? Check out the other Quilt Border Patterns.

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