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Ribbon Heart Mini Quilt

January 28, 2019 By Kirsty 5 Comments

Ah, mini quilts – aren’t they fun? You can sew them up in an afternoon, entirely from your stash. They can be used as wall decorations, front door decorations, table toppers or runners. And of course, they make great last minute handmade gifts.

This mini quilt pattern, which I’m calling the Ribbon Heart mini, could be a sweet handmade addition to a baby nursery or a Valentine gift for a crafty friend.

Ribbon Heart Mini Quilt by Bonjour Quilts - perfect for Valentine Day or a nursery decoration

The Ribbon Heart mini quilt finishes at 16.5″ x 12.5″.

Ribbon Heart Mini Quilt by Bonjour Quilts - perfect for Valentine Day or a nursery decoration

The instructions and diagrams are detailed and show you exactly how to make sure your directional pattern fabrics all face the same way across the pattern.

Ribbon Heart Mini Quilt by Bonjour Quilts - perfect for Valentine Day or a nursery decoration

I like it when my stripes are all aligned. It’s just a little detail that makes me happy!

Hopefully these instructions will be useful for other patterns too. It can be hard to visualise how patterns should be oriented in blocks to make sure they all match when sewn together.

I liked the idea of a small contrasting piece of fabric in the binding, so the pattern has instructions for that too.

Ribbon Heart Mini Quilt by Bonjour Quilts - perfect for Valentine Day or a nursery decoration

I have another version almost finished. This will be a striped blue and green Ribbon Heart, with some IKEA hippos on the back. Perfect for a baby nursery.

Ribbon Heart Mini Quilt by Bonjour Quilts - perfect for Valentine Day or a nursery decoration

I had two lovely testers make some versions of the pattern as well.

First up, Kimberly (from Autumn Hollow Patchwork) made a very Valentine version in pink and red stripes.

Ribbon Heart Mini Quilt by Bonjour Quilts - perfect for Valentine Day or a nursery decoration

Look at those stripes all lined up the same way – soooooo satisfying. (Should I be worried about how much I want stripes to face the same way? 🙂

Amy (from Stitchy Mitten) also made a couple of test mini quilts, with very groovy quilting.

Ribbon Heart Mini Quilt by Bonjour Quilts - perfect for Valentine Day or a nursery decoration

Ribbon Heart Mini Quilt by Bonjour Quilts - perfect for Valentine Day or a nursery decoration

I quilted my versions with wavy lines using my walking foot.

Probably should have done some matchstick quilting on this one though… given all the matchsticks.

Ribbon Heart Mini Quilt by Bonjour Quilts - perfect for Valentine Day or a nursery decoration

So that’s the Ribbon Heart Mini Quilt!

If you’d like to make your own version, and be deeply fulfilled by stripes that face the right way, then you can find the pattern listed here in my shop.

Thank you and happy sewing!

Kirsty

Ribbon Heart Mini Quilt by Bonjour Quilts - perfect for Valentine Day or a nursery decoration

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Comments

  1. Sandy Richardson says

    January 29, 2019 at 12:43 pm

    Say what you want Kirsten, but I LOVE having my stripes all facing the same way! Thank you for doing the leg work on this for all of us! Sandy

    Reply
    • Kirsty says

      January 29, 2019 at 4:19 pm

      I’m glad I’m not the only one 🙂 I feel very smug when they’re all in line!

      Reply
      • Sandy Richardson says

        January 31, 2019 at 4:17 am

        👍

        Reply
  2. Sandy Richardson says

    January 29, 2019 at 12:46 pm

    Sorry…should read Kirsty. Don’t like it when spell check puts words in my mouth!

    Reply
  3. Meriel Aho says

    February 11, 2019 at 7:54 am

    That’s so pretty! I am a terrible quilter, but a mini quilt might be manageable, and this would be so cute for the kids’ bedroom.

    Reply

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