Hello, hello! It's Kirsty here with all the latest in your weekend Bonjour Quilts newsletter. Happy reading!

What I've Been Sewing...

I'm sewing up another version of my Merry Xmas Mini Quilt this weekend. This time I knew I wanted a dark, wintery background...the Speckled print in Teal by Ruby Star Society is just the ticket (can be found here in the US, here in Australi​a). I had a yard in my stash (only a half-yard is needed for the pattern).

I have two ideas as to the text - one is scrappy low volume grey/silver, the other is a scrappy deep gold. Blue and silver/blue and gold are very Christmassy colour combinations to me, so it will be hard to decide which one to go with.

The Merry Xmas Mini Quilt is available as a PDF pattern in my shop. But right now it would be remiss of me not to tell you about a fantastic Holiday Pattern Bundle where you can get 20 patterns from 20 designers for US$19. My Merry Xmas Mini is part of that bundle - the bundle really is a better deal than the stand-alone pattern.

To see more about every one of the 20 patterns, head over to my blog post here.

If you're sold and would like to grab the Holiday Pattern Bundle, you can purchase it over here.

Interesting Links around the Interwebs

Colour, drawing, embroidery - there are some beautiful works here.

Check out the gorgeous quilting work of Exhausted Octopus (fantastic name!).

Some fun and colourful painting techniques over on this Instagram page.

Every now and then you just want to sew a chicken. Here's a great tutorial so you can have all your chickens in a row for the holidays.

Reader Quilts

My favourite part of the newsletter! I love seeing the gorgeous quilts you've been making from Bonjour Quilts patterns. Keep sending in your photos (just hit reply to this email) or tag me on Instagram or Facebook.

Here's Michaela's beautiful queen sized Diamonds in the Deep.

​@kagcreates sewed this lovely red, white and blue Off the Rails quilt (free pattern here).

Here's Jill's lovely solid-fabric version of Snowball Party. For more ideas you can see my scrappy solid version here, and a rainbow print version over here.

And here's Kalynn's gorgeous version of Snowball Party. It looks fabulous with a red background 😍(I'm getting some Christmas vibes!)

​Lemon Squeezy Quilting quilted up this wonderful navy and white Diamonds in the Deep quilt:

The only thing better than a Go West quilt is a Go West quilt with a dog! Thank you Lauren for showing me your beautiful quilt on Instagram.

​Tandy's The Plus Side quilt radiates:

Check out Jill's gorgeous version of the Triangle Twist quilt. The coral and peach really pop.

Thank you for sending in your makes. We all love to see them!

Chez Bonjour

It's been fairly routine here - school, sports and yard work. Although the youngest did turn 12 during the week. Happy Birthday, (not so) little guy!

I can't believe it's been 12 years since this:

The cats are just relaxing, enjoying the quilts on the couch:

I hope you're all having a fantastic weekend, hopefully with a bit of sewing time just for you. Or maybe the Barbie movie!

Until next time,

Kirsty x

P.S. Don't forget to check out the Holiday Pattern Bundle - it's only available until Monday.