Colour Explosion Quilt - a colourful and easy quilt tutorial, perfect for beginners, by Bonjour Quilts

Colour Explosion Quilt Tutorial

Hello! Are you having a bright, colourful day? If not, I’ve just the thing for you – a Colour Explosion Quilt (or a Color Explosion Quilt, depending on where you’re tuning in from). This quilt pattern is for a fun baby quilt I recently made; it measures 36″ x 48″ when finished. It’s quick to sew …

Read more »

Fleur mini quilt pattern PDF - by Kirsty of Bonjour Quilts

Fleur

I have a new pattern to show you today: The Fleur quilt. Well, two patterns really – the queen sized version and the mini quilt version. Let’s start big and then go small: The Fleur quilt is a queen sized, 84″ x 84″ quilt that is made with 9 super sized (28″ square) flower blocks. …

Read more »

EPP Medallion quilt by Kirsty of Bonjour Quilts

My almost-never-made Medallion Quilt

This quilt. Ayyyyyye, this quilt. What a nightmare. This quilt took me over 2 years to make. I had a plan. I bought the fabric. I changed the plan. I cut the fabric. I changed the plan. I panicked and put it all away in a cupboard. I had another plan. I sewed the fabric. …

Read more »

Heart Quilt Block Pattern

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, it must be time for a heart quilt block pattern! Although, this block isn’t strictly for Valentine’s Day – it could be used any time of the year for anyone you love. Heart quilt block patterns are an especially lovely way to welcome a new baby or celebrate …

Read more »

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 …

Read more »

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 …

Read more »

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, …

Read more »

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 …

Read more »

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 …

Read more »

2015 Modern Quilt Show Australia at Kiama, on Bonjour Quilts

Modern Quilt Show Australia – Kiama 2015

If you follow me on Instagram, you’ll know that this weekend I visited the 2015 Modern Quilt Show in Kiama, Australia. This Show was hosted by the Wollongong Modern Quilt Guild. I attended on the Saturday and had a brilliant time. Hard not to have fun when this is what I saw when I walked …

Read more »

You'll be the first to know ;)

Quilting tutorials. Behind-the-scenes fun. Great deals on patterns. Join 14,000+ subscribers & stay in touch.

"*" indicates required fields

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
Bonjour Quilts logo nameplate