I love a good scrappy patchwork block. They’re so satisfying – almost like getting something for nothing. This block was born out of wanting to use up some of my Friedlander scraps and two of these adorable mini-charm packs. After some playing around this layout stood out the most to me. I really love the …
I have another pattern to show you today – this one is called the Slip Stitch quilt. This fun, modern PDF quilt pattern will show you how to make: a 38″ x 52″ baby quilt, and a 57″ x 78″ lap-sized quilt. Slip Stitch is a great stash buster, which I must admit was the primary …
Wahoo, I have a new quilt pattern available today! If you’re signed up to my email list, you’ve already heard about this. For those who aren’t (why not? Come on and join the crew!) I’m happy to present to you the Deco Diamonds quilt pattern. I describe it as a modern quilt with a touch of …
A while back I bought myself a copy of Anna’s (Noodlehead blog) Compass Bag, purchased some sexy bag hardware and then….did nothing. It took Sarah Golden’s beautiful Maker Maker fabric collection for Andover to remind me of the pattern and put me back on track. Maker Maker is a linen/cotton blend, often referred to as home-dec …
Bonjour Quilts made an appearance in two quilting magazines this month past – Quilters Companion (Australian mag) and Love Patchwork and Quilting (UK mag). It’s always exciting to see your project appear in a magazine. Firstly, because there you are – in one of the magazines you know so well! It’s very gratifying, no doubt …
Today I have a fun FQ friendly baby quilt pattern for you. I’ll show you what I made and then take you through the steps so you can sew your own version of this happy little quilted baby mat. If you’d prefer to have the pattern as a PDF you can purchase the full pattern …
Well hello there! We’re getting to the business end of the Farmer’s Wife 1930s Sampler Sew Along – not many blocks left now. This is my last tutorial for the series. For all the background information on this Sew Along, head over to Angie’s (GnomeAngel). For the Marti Michell Conversion Chart for this block, head over to …
It’s time to submit any mini quilts you’ve made from the Marti Michell Mini Quilt Blog Hop so you have a chance at a prize! You may remember I showed you how to use the Marti Michell templates to make this mini quilt: I’ve since gone on to make another version which I turned into …
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. …
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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