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Jingle Bell Pines Block Party- Setting Block and Borders

September 25, 2025September 25, 2025 Post a comment

Hi friends!

Can you believe it??? We are ready for the setting blocks and borders! Our quilt is almost done!

Top US quilting blog and shop, Kate Colleran Designs, shares about the Jingle Bell Pines BOM Block Party setting blocks and borders. Image is a holiday quilt in red, green, yellow, blue, and white with light blue background.

If you are new to the party, Kris Poor and I have been sharing tips about the blocks in our new block of the month quilt pattern Jingle Bell Pines! Click here to see the introduction post.

Setting Blocks and Borders

There are 2 blocks in the setting- the leaves and the winter berries.

Top US quilting blog and shop, Kate Colleran Designs, shares about the Jingle Bell Pines BOM Block Party setting blocks and borders. Image is a quilt block of squares and rectangles in red and light blue to represent berries.

Easy to piece, there are just a lot of leaves!

Top US quilting blog and shop, Kate Colleran Designs, shares about the Jingle Bell Pines BOM Block Party setting blocks and borders. Image is a piece simple leaf quilt block with 2 greens and a light blu ebackground.

Our Tip

After you have made your setting blocks and put the center of the quilt top together, you are ready for the borders. In our pattern, we give you the exact size to cut the borders.

BUT, sometimes our quilts are not the perfect size.

SO, before you cut the borders, measure your quilt through the center.

Don’t measure your quilt along the sides as they can stretch a bit.

For side borders measure through the center of the quilt from the top to the bottom and cut the borders to this measurement.

Top US quilting blog and shop, Kate Colleran Designs, shares about the Jingle Bell Pines BOM Block Party setting blocks and borders. Image is a quilt top with an arrow showing how to measure from top to bottom for side borders

For the top and bottom borders, measure the quilt through the center, side to side, and cut the borders to this measurement.

Top US quilting blog and shop, Kate Colleran Designs, shares about the Jingle Bell Pines BOM Block Party setting blocks and borders. Image is a quilt with an arrow showing how to measure side to side for top and bottom borders.

Using this measurement helps your quilt to stay square.

Other Colorations

Here is the full quilt with a khaki background.

Top US quilting blog and shop, Kate Colleran Designs, shares about the Jingle Bell Pines BOM Block Party setting blocks and borders. Image is a holiday quilt in red, green, yellow, blue, and white with khaki background.

And the full quilt with a navy background.

Top US quilting blog and shop, Kate Colleran Designs, shares about the Jingle Bell Pines BOM Block Party setting blocks and borders. Image is a holiday quilt in red, green, yellow, blue, and white with navy background.

Free Quilt Label

Want to make a label for your quilt? Click here for a free quilt label with instructions for different ways to make your label.

That is our way of saying thank you for sewing along with us as part of the Jingle Bell Pines Block Party!

Be sure to check out Kris’ posts – I think she has a lot of helpful images for you.

happy quilting!

Kate

Please note: we are not sharing any cutting information or sizes; you must have the pattern to make the block.

Looking for all the Block Party Posts? Links to all the posts below!

Post 1 – Santa’s Hat

Post 2 – Tannenbaum

Post 3 – Winter Star

Post 4 – Gifts Galore

Post 5 – Jingle Socks

Post 6 – Tree Farm Truck

Post 7 – Rose Star

Post 8 – Tree topper

Post 9 – Holiday Lights

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