Bright Jewel quilt block tutorial

In this tutorial, you will learn how to make a 5” version of the Bright Jewel quilt block.

This beautiful star quilt block is made with three fabrics – a light, dark and feature colour.

See it All

Below you will find:

• fabric requirements
• video tutorial
• step-by-step written tutorial with pictures

Fabric requirements

Everything you need to make this project.

dark fabric:

• twelve 1-1/2″ squares

light fabric:

• thirteen 1-1/2″ squares

feature fabric:

• four 1-1/2″ x 2-1/2″

Video

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Tutorial

See each step in the process, with images to help guide you.

Make the half-square triangles

Mark a diagonal line on 8 of the light fabric squares.

Place these squares right sides together with dark fabric squares. Stitch directly on the marked line.

Trim away the excess and press to make half-square triangles.

The finished pieces should be 1-1/2”. You need a total of eight half-square triangle units.

Make the corner units

Layout two half-square triangles with a dark square and a light square as shown in the image.

Join the squares into pairs. Press the seams away from the half-square triangles.

The assembled corner unit should be 2-1/2″ square.

Block layout

Layout the block pieces as shown in the image.

Join the pieces together into horizontal rows.

Join the rows together.

The block will be 5-1/2”.

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