Easy Patchwork Baby Quilt with Anna Maria Horner's Innocent Crush - QSTs and HSTs - by Bonjour Quilts

A Process Post: Innocent Crush

Another finish; I hand-bound this quilt on the weekend. It’s only a small one – 40” x 35”. When Anna Maria Horner’s Innocent Crush came out I considered just buying a half yard of all the non-purple fabrics (I don’t like purple) and leave it at that. However, knowing that one has to grow as a quilter, darling, I …

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HST Quilted Table Runner

I have a quilted table runner finish to report. It’s not much, but you have to grab them when they happen! I don’t know why, but this thing seemed to take forever to finish. It could have something to do with trimming all these HSTs. For the uninitiated, HST stands for half-square triangles, which gives …

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How to sew with minky or minkee (but not minke)

So you want to sew a minky blanket? You’re in luck – I’m back, fresh from wranglin’ the minky. Jokes, jokes. I mean this stuff (the brown dotted one): Minky is a synthetic fabric that is super soft, snuggly and damn slippery. You can find a fine selection of it here on Amazon* or over …

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Remote Control Wall Organiser - a sewing tutorial by Kirsty at Bonjour Quilts

Remote Control Holder DIY

Got too many TV/stereo remotes? You might need a remote control holder. Got a baby that likes to throw remotes across the room? You definitely need this remote control holder DIY! If you’d like to sew your own remote control holder, then follow along. For this remote control holder DIY you’ll need a yard of …

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Rice paper lantern makeover - a paper tutorial by Kirsty at Bonjour Quilts

Another lantern tutorial

It’s a grey, rainy day here in southern France – disappointing as today is a public holiday. I thought some bright, cheery colour would help the situation so here is a mini-tutorial for another lantern makeover I completed the other week. This lantern came from Castorama (which I think is only in Europe), but you …

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Decorate a rice paper lantern with bunting for an easy DIY decoration.

A Paper Lantern DIY

There’s nothing like a good crafting session to raise the spirits. It’s fun to create one-of-a-kind home decor items, and this paper lantern DIY will help you do just that. Whatever crazy colour you’ve painted your living room/nursery/front porch, it doesn’t matter – you can make a fantastic paper lantern with adorable bunting to match …

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Triangle log cabin cushion by Kirsty at Bonjour Quilts

Triangle Log Cabin Quilt Block Cushion…finis

I finished my triangle log cabin quilt block cushion, yay! And I made a matching patchwork cushion cover to complement it. Initially I was only making one cushion. I sewed this stripy patched square for the backing and I was very happy with how it looked. In fact, I liked it so much I thought …

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Le Premier Billet

Spring – a great time for new projects. And I need a new project – what with raising a family, learning French, trying to become a proficient sewer and attempting to get back into running after baby no. 3 – I have so* much time to fill. Why not start a blog? I am a …

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