The Plus Side (quilt pattern) by Kirsty at Bonjour Quilts. Made in Carolyn Friedlander's Carkai fabric line

The Plus Side Quilt

I have a new pattern to show to you all today! It’s taken me a while to get this one finalised, but I’m very happy to present The Plus Side quilt. If you’re anything like me you may have looked at your stash and wondered “how on earth am I ever going to sew my way …

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Rainbow Beach, Queensland, Australia

Rainbow Beach

A few weekends ago we spent a couple of days at Rainbow Beach. The kids had a beach carnival (Nippers) to attend so we decided to rent a house for the weekend with some good friends. It was such a relaxing few days, lounging around in someone else’s beach house, enjoying their incredible views and their …

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Queen-sized quilt by Kirsty at Bonjour Quilts - made in Anna Maria Horner fabrics

Queen Sized Wholecloth Quilt Pattern

Here is the second queen sized quilt I made recently (first one can be seen here). This time I went with a wholecloth quilt pattern. This quilt is full of beautiful saturated Anna Maria Horner colour and showcases the Summer Totem in Tart floral print from her LouLouThi fabric line. I was inspired to make …

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Whimicol quilt by Kirsty at Bonjour Quilts , made with Jeni Baker's Nordika line

Modern Wholecloth Quilt – Whimsicöl Queen Sized Quilt

I have a modern wholecloth quilt to show you today. Much like the plumber with a leaking shower, I once was a quilter without a quilt on my own bed. But that sad state of affairs is no longer because I recently finished, not one, not two, but three (!!) queen sized quilts for me, …

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Betty – Farmer’s Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt Sew Along

Block number 14 is Betty – you can find Angie at Gnome Angel’s tutorial for this block here. Alyce at Blossom Heart Quilts is the guest blogger for Betty – you can find her tutorial here. Betty is a block that needs some extra thought when it comes to fabric choice. It’s important that there …

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Bonnie – Farmer’s Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt Sew Along

The tutorials for the first 3 blocks of the Farmer’s Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt Sew Along are now live so I wanted to share my version of Bonnie (Block No 16). Throughout the Sew Along, Angie of Gnome Angel will post about every block. There will also be at least one guest blogger completing the …

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Week 1 – Farmer’s Wife 1930s Sew Along

So here we are at the start of the Farmer’s Wife 1930s Sew Along!! Wheeeee! The email for the first week has been sent out (you can get on the list here – note, you won’t get the email that’s already been sent, you’ll get the next one. The first email can be read online …

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Flex Frame Pouch Tutorial

  Are you looking for a good way to store and organise your small quilting templates? How about a flex frame pouch? This pouch is made of both transparent vinyl and fabric. I chose vinyl because I wanted to be able to see at a glance which templates were in what pouch. I found my vinyl …

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Meadow (a quilt tutorial)

The 1st of September is considered the first day of Spring here in Australia (regardless of what the weather is doing, Australians are stubborn like that). What better way to celebrate spring than with a quilt-full of flowers? This lap sized (51.5″ x 65.5″) quilt is a busy mix of nine-patch blocks and appliqué and …

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Farmer’s Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt Sew Along

Hey, have you heard about the Farmer’s Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt sew along happening through the fine hosting of Angie at Gnome Angel and the Fat Quarter Shop? There will be tutorials and guest bloggers (like me!) and a Facebook group (1600 members and counting) and link-ups…all the details can be found here. It’s going …

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