This Scrap Fabric Embroidery Tutorial was first published on the Liberty of London Craft Blog in 2014. As it’s no longer available there, I’m republishing here at Bonjour Quilts. Enjoy! This appliqué-and-embroidery project offers a way showcase your favourite fabric scraps so that you can see and enjoy them every day. Project Requirements (affiliate links*): 8 …
If you’re looking for a mini quilt pattern then you’re in the right place. This quick mini quilt project will let you practice your half rectangle triangle (HRT) blocks and use up some scraps as well. Bonus!This free mini quilt pattern is called Scrappy Kites. It was known around our house as Star Destroyers (à …
Ever wondered how to sew and trim half rectangle triangle (HRT) blocks? Well you’ve come to the right place! Let me show you how I like to do them. Half Rectangle Triangles add another fun shape to your quilt designing arsenal. You can make cool, elongated diamonds and zigzags and parallelograms and…long spikey things. The …
I used my sewing machine to sew a zigzag quilt binding on my latest quilt and thought I’d write a tutorial on how I like to do it. First up let me say if you’re a perfectionist when it comes to quilting and must have everything just so, then zigzag binding is probably not for …
I love a good scrappy patchwork block. They’re so satisfying – almost like getting something for nothing. This block was born out of wanting to use up some of my Friedlander scraps and two of these adorable mini-charm packs. After some playing around this layout stood out the most to me. I really love the …
Today I have a fun FQ friendly baby quilt pattern for you. I’ll show you what I made and then take you through the steps so you can sew your own version of this happy little quilted baby mat. If you’d prefer to have the pattern as a PDF you can purchase the full pattern …
Well hello there! We’re getting to the business end of the Farmer’s Wife 1930s Sampler Sew Along – not many blocks left now. This is my last tutorial for the series. For all the background information on this Sew Along, head over to Angie’s (GnomeAngel). For the Marti Michell Conversion Chart for this block, head over to …
Today is my stop on Peta’s (She Quilts Alot) Sweet Stars Sewalong – thank you for dropping by! My name’s Kirsty and this is my blog here at Bonjour Quilts. You can find Peta’s lovely Sweet Stars quilt pattern over here, if you haven’t got yourself a copy yet. Today I’m looking at a new …
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 …
Today I have a free pattern for you – to sew this rainbow patchwork purse. Firstly, how adorable is the packaging for the 10 piece Crayola FQ set? When I received this little box of sunshine in the mail I had a lot of fun arranging the colours in rainbow order: Then I knuckled down …
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