4th of July American quilt

Red, White and Blue

Although I’m in Australia and it’s the first day of winter here, it’s hard not to know what is happening all the way over in the US of A. Every day Pinterest shows me images that tell me American schools are letting out, the northern hemisphere summer is coming and occasions such as Memorial Day are …

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Finally finished: Cathedral Windows Quilt

Guess what I finally finished? My super colourful cathedral windows quilt! These cathedral windows came away to the snow with us this year (where I finished it). They came away with us to the snow last year. This bloody thing came away with me to my sister’s house when she used to live in the …

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Easy baby quilt made with Anna Maria Horner's Innocent Crush - by Bonjour Quilts

Innocent Crush Block Quilt

About a year ago I bought a fat quarter set of Anna Maria Horner’s Innocent Crush. The Charmed palette became this quilt: The scraps from both palettes became this: But not before I scratched my head for a while about the Swept Away palette: Eventually an article on Design*Sponge caught my eye. Photos used with …

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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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