Machine Appliqué tutorial for the Kingfisher Stitch Along at Bonjour Quilts

How to Machine Appliqué Your Quilt

If you’re looking for information on how to machine appliqué EPP (or anything for that matter) to your quilt, you’re in the right place! Today I have a tutorial on how to machine appliqué some pretty little EPP hexagon flowers to a quilt block background. Hello and welcome to those participating in the Kingfisher Stitch-Along! …

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Compass Bag sewn by Kirsty of Bonjour Quilts with Maker Maker fabric

Noodlehead Compass Bag in Maker Maker

A while back I bought myself a copy of Anna’s (Noodlehead blog) Compass Bag, purchased some sexy bag hardware and then….did nothing. It took Sarah Golden’s beautiful Maker Maker fabric collection for Andover to remind me of the pattern and put me back on track. Maker Maker is a linen/cotton blend, often referred to as home-dec …

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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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Umbrella Prints Trimming Competition 2015 - Bonjour Quilts. A Made by Rae Ruby top with patchwork yoke and hem detail.

Scrap Fabric Projects – Patchwork yoke top

Hello all, here’s a recent scrap fabric project I finished! This was also my entry in the Umbrella Prints Trimmings Challenge. When I first heard about the contest I thought ‘what a great idea’! Anyone who’s followed this blog for a while will know that I love scrap fabric projects – especially on the micro …

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Big Patchwork Tote made by Kirsty at Bonjour Quilts from Krista's book Make it, Take it.

Make it, Take it – Big Patchwork Tote

About a month ago I bought a copy of Krista Hennebury’s book, Make It, Take It. It’s a great sewing book with 16 pretty and useful projects to sew for yourself or for others. There are so many lovely people in the online quilting world, and Krista is one of them. I was lucky enough to …

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DIY Halloween Treat Bags Tutorial

It’s true that Halloween isn’t that big a deal here in Australia. If anything, it’s probably been embraced more by Aussie adults than the kids – you’re much more likely to see Halloween used as an excuse for a party than see kids out Trick or Treating. Regardless, that won’t stop me sewing something up …

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A sewing tutorial for a vinyl pouch by Kirsty at Bonjour Quilts

Vinyl Pouch Tutorial

We have a lot of puzzles and board games and other things that live in cardboard boxes around here. The problem is that after some hard playing the boxes tend to pop their corners and get all ratty. Not to mention it gets hard to find places to store all those bulky containers. I got …

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A sewing tutorial to make a square Union Jack cushion - by Kirsty at Bonjour Quilts

Square Union Jack Patchwork Cushion

The Olympics made me do it. The Olympics and Blandina. You see, Blandina gave me a beauty of a charm square pack she’d had in her stash for many years (she bought it when she was three ;).  Laura Ashley, no less. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to make with it until I saw …

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Half Square Triangles (HST) table runner

Here’s a small finish – a table runner from HSTs. Honestly, I’m not too sure about this one. I love the hand quilting details but I don’t think I’ve used the right colour for the binding. I was trying to avoid using orange and being too match-matchy, but now I think that Metro Living print …

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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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