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02 Aug

QuiltCon Member Registration Opens Wednesday

Modern Quilt Guild members: if you are planning to attend QuiltCon 2022 in Phoenix (February 16-20, 2022), registration opens in just a few days on Wednesday, August 4th, at 10 am EDT/2 pm UTC! I wanted to take this opportunity to share about the workshops I will be teaching and give a few tips and tricks for registration. Playing with...

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28 Jul

2021 Finished Quilts

Blossom Chains {Just One Charm Pack}

Today it is my honor to get to share my version of Blossom Chains, a quilt I made to support Cheryl Brickey's latest book, Just One Charm Pack Quilts (affiliate link). When Cheryl (Meadow Mist Designs) was developing the concept for her book, she had the fun idea to have each quilt made in two colorways for the book...

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26 Jul

Transparent Building Blocks {Pieced Quilt Top}

July 23, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
transparency quilt, transparent building blocks
5 comments

It was a treat to get to sew together the quilt top for Transparent Building Blocks last week, and below I'm sharing a quick GIF that toggles back and forth between the graphic design based on the fabric pull and the pieced quilt top. I love getting to see how similar the quilt can be to the concept! With the...

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23 Jul

Wayward Transparency Workshop at Gotham Quilts

Gotham Quilts is hosting me to teach a virtual Wayward Transparency workshop in October. The workshop will be split into two Saturdays: October 23rd and October 30th. I've been teaching virtually for quilt guilds for over a year, and it's exciting that this workshop is an opportunity that is available to anyone interested. For Session 1 on October 23rd, I...

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19 Jul

Transparent Building Blocks {Design and Fabric Pull}

July 13, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
quilt design, transparency quilt, transparent building blocks
12 comments

Some friends are expecting their first child later this year, and I have been working with them on a design and fabric selection to make a baby quilt. They are not going to learn the gender until birth, and other than not wanting something that read as stereotypically gender related, I had pretty free reign to come up with...

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16 Jul

2021 Mid Year Review

Let’s just jump right in and take a look at the goals I set for 2021 and how things are progressing. Host the Bokeh Quilt Along. - Complete! Teach at QuiltCon. - It was a great learning experience; complete! Expand virtual teaching options to include more workshops. - I fluctuate back and forth with what I offer, but in...

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12 Jul

Economy Block {Old School BOM}

I've had my June economy block complete for several weeks, but I got busy making quilts and forgot to share about it. Well, since today marks the next block design share by GoGo Kim, I figured I might as well show you what I made! Kerry shared a really delightful version that creates a pocket at the center of the...

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09 Jul

Walking Foot Washi Tape Tip

June 29, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
quilting tip, walking foot tip, washi tape tip
7 comments

I took these photos weeks ago when I was setting up to spiral quilt the Love is Love Sky Full of Stars quilt to share this simple tip with you, but silly me misplaced the photos and then forgot about them. Oops! Well, better late than never, right? This is a really simple tip that I find handy when...

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05 Jul

Christmas Pattern Bundle {This Week Only!}

It seems crazy to me that we are already over halfway through 2021. If you, like many others, are starting to think and plan ahead for Christmas this year (because, let's face it, Christmas will be here before we know it), some quilting friends and I have bundled together our most popular Christmas patterns to make sure you are...

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02 Jul

2021 Finished Quilts

Love is Love Bonus Quilt

July 31, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
bonus quilt, love is love, pride fabric collection
16 comments

It didn't take long to puzzle together a layout with the Love is Love bonus blocks from the Sky Full of Stars quilt. And the quilt came together so quickly I was able to get it quilted and finished this week, too! The bonus quilt measured 50 1/2" x 60 1/2" when it was pieced and is now about 49"...

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01 Jul

#2021MidYearCheckIn

Can you believe we are halfway through the year already? I know it is going to be good for me to look back at my goals and see how things are shaping up. I welcome you to take this opportunity to look back and reflect on your year as well, even if you did not join the original link up. So,...

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28 Jun

Love is Love Fabric Collection – Bonus Blocks

June 29, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
bonus blocks, love is love, pride fabric collection
6 comments

As I mentioned on Friday, the curve star blocks in the Sky Full of Stars quilt create great scraps that can easily be made into 5" finished drunkard's path bonus blocks. Each star can create 4 of the bonus blocks, so with 17 stars in the quilt top, that's a total of 68 bonus blocks. Score! I spent the weekend...

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25 Jun

2021 Finished Quilts

Love is Love Fabric Collection Sky Full of Stars {Finished Quilt}

June 29, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
love is love, pride fabric collection, sky full of stars
13 comments

I was really hoping that there would be a brief rain shower at the end of the day yesterday so I might get a photo of this finished quilt with a rainbow, but it just got cloudy: no rain and no rainbow. The little bit of overcast was pretty nice for taking the quilt outside for a few photographs,...

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21 Jun

Love is Love Fabric Collection Sky Full of Stars, Piecing Part 2

June 18, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
love is love, pride fabric collection, sky full of stars
6 comments

I'd like to continue and expand on the conversation about change that I only very briefly touched on last Friday. There are lots of reasons we, as human beings, can be resistant to change. The amygdala, a part of our brain, interprets change as a threat and releases the hormones for fear, fight, or flight. So our initial reactions to...

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18 Jun

Love is Love Fabric Collection Sky Full of Stars, Piecing Part 1

June 15, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
love is love, pride fabric collection, sky full of stars
4 comments

Without change, we are stagnant and do not grow. To transform, we have to accept and embrace change. There is so much about the process of creating a quilt that I enjoy. But nothing is quite as magical as seeing the transformation that occurs as a quilt top is pieced. Time to sew a few more seams so we can see...

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16 Jun

Love is Love Pride Fabric Collection

A few years ago, Mathew Boudreaux (whom you may likely know as Mister Domestic) reached out to see if I had the time to make something with his newest fabric collection. Unfortunately, the timing didn't work out due to some other commitments that I had. Fast forward to about a month ago, and he reached out again to see...

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14 Jun

Hexie Block Finished {Old School BOM}

I can honestly say that I love handwork. I love hand binding quilts. I've done a little bit of English Paper Piecing (EPP), but only a few blocks. I don't think that doing EPP on a deadline would be a great idea for me, but having this one hexie EPP block in the Old School Block of the Month...

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11 Jun

Stripey Cartwheels Blocks {Old School BOM}

Since the April hexie block is going to take me some time to hand piece, after prepping and getting it ready for hand sewing, I went ahead and pieced the May block for the Old School block of the month sew along. The block for May is from Natalie Santini from Sew Hungry Hippie, and it's a fun two-for-one...

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07 Jun

Old School BOM – April Hexie Block

Once I had my sewing machine set up for quilting Pulsar, I stayed focused and only worked on finishing the quilting. That means that when I finished up the quilt, I was 2 months behind in the Old School Block of the Month sew along. Grateful to have smaller piecing projects to focus on, I started by turning my...

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04 Jun

Behind the Scenes – Zoom Workshop Setup

A few weeks ago when I was teaching workshops with the Desert Quilters of Nevada, my husband took a few photos of my while I was working. I was honestly paying so much attention to what I was doing that I had no idea he took the photographs until later. Since we are making a small 512-square foot cottage...

Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
Quilter | Designer | Tech Editor | Blogger

Yvonne is a former aerospace engineer turned modern quilter, designer, and technical editor. She was introduced to quilting by her paternal grandmother in high school when her grandmother offered to hand quilt a twin-size quilt to use in her college dorm room if Yvonne made the quilt top. Now, 25 years later, Yvonne has developed a style that bridges her technical background and love of bold color, specializing in transparency color play and bold, geometric designs. Yvonne’s quilts have been featured in numerous national and international magazines, quilt shows, and Modern Quilts: Designs of the New Century. She lives on the big island of Hawaii with her husband.