Veterans Cross Quilt Part 4 Making the Borders
Hello Dear Friends and Readers and a warm welcome to today’s post. Today I will share Part 4 of the Veterans Cross Quilt. We will be adding the borders. I was quite pleased at the result as I like the way that the borders intersect with the quilt design. You will see what I mean as we go along.
These are the previous posts about this Veteran’s Cross Quilt top. Veterans Cross Quilt Block
Veterans Cross Quilt Part 3 – Making the Sashings Block
Let’s get to it.
Requirements and Cutting
For the Veterans Cross Quilt Borders
Red solid fabric ½ Yard/ Metre. Cut 8 of 2” Width of Fabric strips. Sub cut 20 of 8” strips and 72 of 2” x 2” squares.
From the light blue tone on tone (same as used in the Sashings Blocks Veterans Cross Quilt Part 3 – Making the Sashings Block) Cut 3 of 2” Width of Fabric strips. Sub Cut 48 of 2” x 2” squares.
Navy Print. Cut 24 of 2” x 2” squares.
From a White solid background fabric. Cut 24 of 2” x 2” squares.
Burgundy with white print. Cut, 2 of 2” Width of Fabric strips. Sub cut 44 of 2” x 2” squares.
Navy solid fabric, approximately 1/3 Yard / Metre. Cut 5 of Width of Fabric strips. Sub Cut 96 of 2” x 2” squares.
Dark Burgundy print fabric, approximately 1/3 Yard / Metre. Cut 6 of 2” Width of Fabric strips. Sub Cut 48 of 5” strips.
Veterans Cross Quilt 1st Border
Using the 48 light blue tone on tone and the 24 navy print squares. Sew a light blue tone on tone square to each side of one of the navy print squares.
Construct 24 of these units. Press. Use 6 of these units for each side. Beginning and ending with one of these units sew 5 of the red 2” x 8” strips alternately with these units to make a long strip. Make four of these strips.
Sew two of these strips to two opposite sides of the quilt matching seam allowances where they intersect.
To the ends of tthe remainder two of these strips attach one red 2” square. Sew these two strips to the other sides of the quilt top.
Veterans Cross Quilt 2nd Border
Using the 24 of white solid 2” squares, sew a red solid 2” square to each side of the white squares to make 24 units.
Sew a burgundy with white print square to each side of a red solid square. Make 20 of these units.
Begining with a solid navy 2” square, attach a white and red unit, followed by a navy square, then sew a burgandy and red unit to the end of that, then a navy square. Continue alternating these units with a navy square in between until you have used 6 of the white/red units and 5 of the burgandy/red units. Finish with a navy square.
Make four of these border strips the same way. I made these on my vintage Singer 201K treadle. Singer 201K Treadle C1947
Sew one of these strips to two opposing sides of the quilt top, matching the seam allowances.
To the remaining two strips, sew burgundy with white print 2” square to each end of both strips. Now sew these two borders strips to the other two sides of the quilt top.
Veterans Cross Quilt 3rd Border
Take 12 of the dark burgundy 5” strips. Beginning and ending with a burgandy strip sew a long strip alternating each with a navy 2” square.
Repeat to make 4 strips the same.
Sew one of these to two opposing sides of the quilt top.
To the remaining two strips, sew a 2” navy square to each end and then sew these two strips to the other sides of the quilt top. Then the borders are complete.
I hope you enjoy making this quilt. Next week’s post will show how I quilted this top.
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Happy stitching,
Susie
© Susan Stuklis 2026
