have you found a pattern yet? i fell in love with the jewel box pattern 30 years ago when i learned to quilt. and i still haven't found the time to make it. do an image search on your fave search engine, i don't use google, & there's many sites that have the pattern for free in tutorials. it's a strikingly beautiful quilt that is sooo simple to make. pm me if you don't find a pattern.

I followed the link...thanks...looks easy too.

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Oh nice! I am not familiar with this pattern but it looks like a great scrap buster. I am a sucker for scrappies. Well done! I can see why you want to keep it.

Is this the pattern you used?

http://madanquilting.blogspot.com/20...-tutorial.html

I am all for scrap busting and might just make one like this. Thanks for sharing your pictures.



"I followed the link...thanks...looks easy too."

so did i & wow ..what a great site for ideas. the tute does make it look easy. she also has a post about a 'buckeye beauty'quilt she made. it's another name for the 'jewel box' quilt. am now going thru all of her posts ..amazing quilts!!

You could also do this same pattern starting with a QST in the centre, then continue as a log cabin or courthouse steps. Then cut into quarters to get the same look as you have with the above.

For more scrappy-ness to either patterns, you could do each side of the block a different fabric instead of all the same on each round.

Yes, that is the tutorial I used.

I have seen this made with a jelly roll too but I think the using of different size scrappy strips really amps it up.

I love Jean Madan's blog for ideas.

i am a fan too, now. i had not read of her blog before. i bookmarked several pages i to my idea file today & then decided to just add her blog to my file for great scrap quilt bloggers. seems she's stopped bloggin now, nothing posted for 2016.

Here are a few tops - not yet completed due to christmas efforts - that I pieced in the early fall. These are for my guild'scommunity quilt program.

Jan in VA

wonderful! love all the color. i've seen a few quilts made with the linked chains as your first one. that's a new design to me ...think i would like to try it :)
i'm working on xmas sewing now, fall was spent still laying brick & hauling/leveling dirt ...can hardly wait for holiday sewing & traveling to be over for the winter & i can get back to my own quilting wanna-do's :)

Jan in VA, love your scrappy quilts. They're so bright and cheerful.

Oh how I love scrappy quilts. These are beautiful and so colorful.