Austin House by Carolyn Friedlander as a mini quilt

Austin House Mini Quilts

All of us Down Under are lucky enough to have Carolyn Friedlander visiting Australia at the moment. I have been known to use her fabrics just a tad: She is one of my favourite fabric designers and I was so happy to snag a spot at one of her workshops a couple of weekends ago. …

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Connections quilt pattern available from Bonjour Quilts

Connections Quilt Pattern in Orange

In my last post I showed you my latest quilt pattern, called Connections. This lap-sized, teal version was made with 4 colours. The teal version is made entirely with prints. (Although I made sure that every print read as a single colour. If you use prints with too many colours, you run the risk of …

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Connections quilt pattern available from Bonjour Quilts

Connections Quilt

I have a new quilt pattern to share with you – it’s called Connections. Connections. There’s a story behind its design. This pattern is made of rings connected in many directions. To me, these rings represent our lives. The corner diamonds joining them are all those things that sustain and support our lives – our …

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The Plus Side quilt pattern by Bonjour Quilts. An easy modern quilt suitable for beginners; pattern available for sale.

Plus Side Quilt – With a Twist

I’ve been wanting to make another version of my The Plus Side quilt pattern for a while now (pattern can be found here). I really like the layout of my last one (in Carkai by Carolyn Friedlander) and wanted to try it again with different colours: I went with a scrappy collection of FQs in …

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Happy Skull Halloween Pillow free download PDF sewing pattern. An easy appliqué sewing project for Halloween by Bonjour Quilts

Skull DIY Halloween Pillow Project

Boo! Halloween is drawing near. If you’re looking for a quick, not-too-scary sewing project, I this DIY Halloween Pillow project for you. This project came to be when I wanted to add some Halloween decor to my little boys’ room, but not something that would terrify them. So many of the Halloween props in stores …

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Wildfire quilt - by Kirsty at Bonjour Quilts. Quilt pattern available.

Wildfire Quilt – a Red Quilt Pattern

It’s that time of the year again – the Blogger’s Quilt Festival over at Amy’s Creative Side. Come and check out my red quilt pattern. I love going through the entries and seeing all the amazing quilts people have been designing and/or sewing…so inspiring! I’ve put my Wildfire quilt into the Modern Quilting category. This …

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Sweet Stars Sewalong

Today is my stop on Peta’s (She Quilts Alot) Sweet Stars Sewalong – thank you for dropping by! My name’s Kirsty and this is my blog here at Bonjour Quilts. You can find Peta’s lovely Sweet Stars quilt pattern over here, if you haven’t got yourself a copy yet. Today I’m looking at a new …

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Click through for a tutorial on this Coral Mini Quilt and details on the lap-sized version; at Bonjour Quilts

Marti Michell Mini Quilt Blog Hop

Well hello there! Welcome to my stop on the Marti Michell Mini Quilt Blog Hop. If you’re participating in the Farmer’s Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt Sew Along (with Angie of Gnome Angel), you’d be aware of Marti Michell’s helpful templates. The templates are not only useful for the Farmer’s Wife blocks, they can be used …

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Colour Explosion Quilt - a colourful and easy quilt tutorial, perfect for beginners, by Bonjour Quilts

Colour Explosion Quilt Tutorial

Hello! Are you having a bright, colourful day? If not, I’ve just the thing for you – a Colour Explosion Quilt (or a Color Explosion Quilt, depending on where you’re tuning in from). This quilt pattern is for a fun baby quilt I recently made; it measures 36″ x 48″ when finished. It’s quick to sew …

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