Diamond Quilt Blocks, Your Quilts, Fun Links and Cats

Happy Sunday, my friends! Here’s the latest from the sewing room of Bonjour Quilts. Find yourself somewhere comfy, grab a cuppa and take a moment for yourself.

Still Sewing My Diamonds Quilt Blocks

I’m doing well with my queen size Diamonds in the Deep quilt. There are four different block types in this quilt and I’ve sewn and trimmed three of them. One block group to go and then I’ll be ready to lay them all out.

Purple and white log cabin quilt pattern
Twin sized sewn for my son a couple of years ago

For those sewing along, remember to keep all your strip remainders until the end – they might come in handy. I made a mistake when trimming one block; I accidentally trimmed it a half-inch too short on one side. D’oh. Luckily I had a remnant of a larger strip which I was able to sew on and then trim back. Phew!

Fixing an incorrectly trimmed block for my Diamonds in the Deep quilt. Hold on to all your fabric remnants in case you need to correct a cutting error. Diamonds in the Deep is a quilt pattern by Bonjour Quilts.

Here you can see examples of the three different block groups I’ve sewn so far. Each is slightly different in it’s proportion of light to dark fabric. This is what will lead to the ombré effect when the quilt is put together. I’m really looking forward to seeing it.

3 trimmed blocks for my Diamonds in the Deep quilt. This quilt uses changing blocks to create an ombre affect across the quilt. A two-colour, modern quilt that will give you a new appreciation for the humble log cabin quilt block. Diamonds in the Deep is a quilt pattern by Bonjour Quilts.

I’m also happy with how the block fabrics look. I love the little pops of colour from the washi tape prints. Before I started the blocks I was to-ing and fro-ing about using a contrasting fuchsia print for the centre squares. I was worried the blocks would look a little plain.

Fabric from the Washi Plus line by Ruby Star Society by Moda Fabrics. To be used in my next Diamonds in the Deep quilt.
Ruby Star Society – they do fuchsia so well

Now that they’re coming together I can see that they look just fine. I’m happy that I’ve saved the bright fuchsia fabric for the binding. (I also bought a printed pink sheet set to accompany the quilt. I think the pink contrast will be a winner.)

Next newsletter I’ll give my hints/tips for trimming all the blocks. Until then, I’ll keep sewing.

This newsletter section forms part of my series on the Diamonds in the Deep quilt. You can find the previous part of the series here:

Around the Interwebs…

Entries for the 2026 International Quilt Festival’s judged show are now open.

Twenty quilts from QuiltCon 2026 have begun their travels to Australia, US, England and France. Check out the schedule here to see if they’re coming to an event near you.

A sad announcement about Make Modern magazine closing up shop. I’ll be sad to see this Aussie e-publication go!

A cute tutorial for a goose ornament. Could be useful with Easter coming up?

If you have a pile of cash lying around you might like to treat yourself to one of these sewing-themed Dior jewellery pieces.

Analogue and whimsy are hot trends this year. I’ve fallen hard for this quick and easy craft idea.

Some serene paper craft, textiles with texture and classy colour, stitched constellations with colour, eye-catching maximalism.

Reader Quilts…

I always love to see quilts you’ve made from Bonjour Quilts patterns so please keep sending them in! Either email (Kirsty at BonjourQuilts dotcom), or tag me on Facebook or Instagram.

Muriel sewed up a Union Jack cushion from this tutorial over here.

Muriel sewed up a Union Jack cushion from a tutorial at Bonjour Quilts.

Karen sewed up this Scrappy Lattice quilt cleverly arranging her colours on the diagonal.

Karen sewed up this Scrappy Lattice quilt cleverly arranging her colours on the diagonal. The Scrappy Lattice quilt pattern has instructions for 5 quilt sizes and can be found at Bonjour Quilts.

While Meredith’s Scrappy Lattice quilt shows that blue and white are always a good idea!

Meredith's Scrappy Lattice quilt shows that blue and white are always a good idea! The Scrappy Lattice quilt pattern instructions can be found at Bonjour Quilts.

This beautiful When You Wish…baby quilt (tutorial here, or full pattern here) was sewn by Rachel. The back shows off her gorgeous free motion quilting, done on her domestic machine:

This beautiful When You Wish...baby quilt (baby quilt tutorial and full pattern found at Bonjour Quilts) was sewn by Rachel. The back shows off her gorgeous free motion quilting, done on her domestic machine.
This beautiful When You Wish...baby quilt (baby quilt tutorial and full pattern found at Bonjour Quilts) was sewn by Rachel. The back shows off her gorgeous free motion quilting, done on her domestic machine.

Vicki’s Colour Explosion quilt is so joyful in all those warm fabric tones.

Vicki's Colour Explosion quilt is so joyful in all those warm fabric tones. The Colour Explosion Quilt pattern can be found at Bonjour Quilts.

Some Nice Things

At the moment I’m finding the world news is an alarming mix of the horrifying, the terrifying and the ridiculous. If you’d like to lower your blood pressure a bit, here are some relaxing photos of our cats (Tigger: orange, Lulu: brown) and our garden (doing well as we’ve had a lot of rain this week). Enjoy!

Snuggling brown and orange Burmese cats on a quilt with fabric by Anna Maria Horner (Anna Maria Parry). The Bonjour Quilts resident cats.
Snuggling on this quilt
Snuggling brown and orange Burmese cats on a Mountainside quilt made with teal and white fabric by Ruby Star Society. The Mountainside quilt pattern can be found at Bonjour Quilts.
The resident orange Burmese cat, Tigger, of Bonjour Quilts.
The resident orange Burmese cat, Tigger, of Bonjour Quilts.
The resident orange Burmese cat, Tigger, of Bonjour Quilts.
A sleepy orange Burmese cat on a Mountainside quilt made with teal and white fabric by Ruby Star Society. The Mountainside quilt pattern can be found at Bonjour Quilts.
Tigger snoozing on my teal and white Mountainside quilt
The resident brown Burmese cat, Lulu, of Bonjour Quilts.
Around the garden at Bonjour Quilts, on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. The garden is doing well at the start of autumn, after some good rain.
Bougainvillea doing well in a pot by the front door
Around the garden at Bonjour Quilts, on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. The garden is doing well at the start of autumn, after some good rain.
Pinwheel shrubs looking good – hopefully they’ll join up into a proper shrubbery soon (for Monty Python fans)
Around the garden at Bonjour Quilts, on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. The garden is doing well at the start of autumn, after some good rain.
Succulent with Australian native viola
Around the garden at Bonjour Quilts, on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. The garden is doing well at the start of autumn, after some good rain.
Pentas looking as healthy as all get-out
Around the garden at Bonjour Quilts, on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. The garden is doing well at the start of autumn, after some good rain.
Adorable male Sparkling Northern Jumping Spider in the pentas. Cutie pie!
Around the garden at Bonjour Quilts, on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. The garden is doing well at the start of autumn, after some good rain.
NOOO! Caterpillar poo! Hawk moths have laid eggs so now I have to hunt down these penta-eating pests.
Around the garden at Bonjour Quilts, on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. The garden is doing well at the start of autumn, after some good rain.
The port wine magnolia has flowered – such a beautiful fragrance
Around the garden at Bonjour Quilts, on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. The garden is doing well at the start of autumn, after some good rain.
Growing over the fence from the neighbour’s. The yellow one is so pretty but sadly an introduced species (declared weed).

Take care lovely readers. I hope you have as wonderful a week as possible and I look forward to catching up with you again soon.

Until then,

Kirsty x

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4 thoughts on “Diamond Quilt Blocks, Your Quilts, Fun Links and Cats”

  1. Enjoy your Blog Kirsty, coffee in hand .
    What no funny antics of your fur babies.?
    Your garden is looking good, yes we’ve had lots of rain and more to come.
    Time to get sewing.
    Hugs Roslyn

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    • Hi Roslyn, the funny cat antics are quite difficult to get on film (or digital equivalent) as they are often fast and in awkward spots. And they never look as good in a single frame, compared to the whole silly scene. But I will keep trying and until then we’ll have to make do with the sleepy photos!

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  2. Good morning, Kirsty!

    I loved your blog as always. I was wondering what your fabrics would look like for your diamonds in the deep quilt and they are just joyous and fun together.

    Thank you for sharing your cats, plants and especially your jumping spider, what a beauty, all our spiders are plain brown, etc., except the black widow.

    Wishing you the best.

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    • Thank you Marty! So glad you enjoyed it. 
      I’ve been looking for the spider with no luck. He must be off looking for a lady jumping spider (they have orange stripes instead of blue). I also still haven’t found that pesky caterpillar either, just lots of chewed leaves. I’ll catch him when he gets too fat to hide I guess! 

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