Fabric pull with print and solid fabrics in chartreuse or acid green and cobalt blue. A fun, modern combination.

Weekend Sewing with Quilts, Cats and 6 Crafty Links

Well, hello there and welcome to another weekend update at Bonjour Quilts. I’ve lots of fun things to share so sit back, relax, and enjoy! What I’m Sewing… I finished up my collaborative project with the Fat Quarter Shop with some wavy line quilting and a machine binding. I like to use a zigzag stitch …

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Test blocks for a potential patchwork quilt pattern, utilising diamond quilt blocks that will be set on point.

Saturday Sewing with a Side of Quilts

Another Saturday and so it’s time for another update on what’s happening here at Bonjour Quilts. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the read! What I’m Sewing… I’ve finished the quilt top for my collaboration project (with the Fat Quarter Shop – it will be available mid August). Tigger the cat has been ever-so-helpful, every step …

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Using Pivot and Pixel fabric lines by Rashida Coleman-Hale of Ruby Star Society for a short cut series quilt by Fat Quarter Shop.

Secret Sewing, Creative Links and Pretty Quilts

Welcome to the weekend, my friends! Here’s what’s happening in my neck of the woods, here at Bonjour Quilts. What I’m Sewing… It’s been a quiet week for me (more on that down in the Chez Bonjour section) but I’m a whisker away from finishing my collaboration project. This is a fantastic “short cut series” …

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Pivot is the latest fabric line by Rashida Coleman-Hale from Ruby Star Society. This fabric line is full of fun, playful prints on happy, saturated colours. Here are some of the warm prints, and a couple of half-square triangles made with the Wildflower print and Speckled in Teal

Pretty Pivot Fabric, 6 Interesting Links and Your Gorgeous Quilts

Hello, lovely readers, welcome back to Bonjour Quilts. Happiness reigns because it’s once again the weekend. Keep reading for all the latest news around these parts. What I’m Sewing… Well, I’m not allowed to say. Yet. It’s one of those collaboration-projects-that’s-revealed-later. But before I can get to later, I have to do all the sewing …

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A sample block of a flower quilt block from a quilting tutorial by Bonjour Quilts. This block was sewn in an orange print, an orange blender and a grey blender. The background fabric is a low volume. This block finishes at 9 inches and is a great scrap quilt block for a scrappy baby quilt.

A Flower Quilt Block Tutorial, Crafty Links and a Cat or Two

Welcome back to Bonjour Quilts for your weekend update. It’s winter here in Australia, so it’s the perfect temperature to snuggle up inside under a quilt. The cooler weather also makes quilt-making a much more enjoyable experience! Let’s get on to the latest news. A New Tutorial… I’ve put together a new flower quilt block …

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Two samples of a flower quilt block from a quilting tutorial by Bonjour Quilts. One block is made in shades of jade green, the other in orange and grey fabrics. Both have a low volume background fabric. This block finishes at 9 inches and is a great scrap quilt block for a scrappy baby quilt.

Flower Quilt Block Tutorial

I have a patchwork quilt block tutorial for you today, my friends. A Flower Quilt Block – and it works well with scraps. This sweet little Flower Quilt Block measures 9″ finished (when sewn into a quilt) or 9½” unfinished. I sewed up two examples of this Flower Quilt Block – both with low volume …

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A ginger Burmese cat getting a cuddle. They are an affectionate breed who do well with kids.

6 Creative Links, a Quilt Hanging Sleeve, Fabric and Cats

Hello there and welcome back to Bonjour Quilts. Can you believe it’s the weekend again already? Lucky us! Keep reading to hear all the latest news. From the Sewing Room… What’s going on behind-the-scenes in my sewing room: Quilt Hanging Sleeve If you tuned in last week you’d have read all about my adventures hanging …

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A quilt binding ready to be sewn onto a baby quilt. The binding is made from a Devonstone basics fabric in the colour Bondi Blue.

5 Creative Links and Plenty of Quilts (and Cats) for You

Hello there and welcome back for another weekend update at Bonjour Quilts. What I’m Sewing… This week I quilted up my new triangle baby quilt. (I still don’t have a name for the pattern…that’s the hardest part of pattern writing for me.) I went with organic, wavy quilting lines, following the vertical seams of the …

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A folded baby quilt top made from white, hot pink and baby pink fabrics, with sunny yellow accent triangles. A pattern to come from Bonjour Quilts.

A Quilt Emerges and 9 Interesting Creative Links

Hello there and welcome back for another weekend update at Bonjour Quilts. What I’m Sewing… We have a quilt top! I took all my triangles and turned them into a fun, modern baby quilt, which I’m now looking forward to quilting. I think I have a store-bought sheet that will make a good backing for …

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