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18 Oct

#CelebrateMyQuiltSubmission

With the deadline for QuiltCon 2022 submissions approaching (the final day to submit a quilt is October 31, 2021), I wanted to share more about my thoughts surrounding entering quilts into juried quilt shows. First, let's talk about what it means for a quilt show to be juried. If a quilt show is juried, one or more people will be looking...

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15 Oct

2021 Finished Quilts

TDR Queen {Finished Quilt}

It wasn't exactly smooth sailing to get from the basted quilt to a quilt finish this week, but my sample for the Playful Partial Seams workshop that I'll be teaching at QuiltCon 2022 in Phoenix is complete. 50wt Aurifl in 2435 (Peachy Pink) melted into the Tula Pink print perfectly. I did vacillate back and for on whether to use...

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14 Oct

Pulsar at PIQF

October 14, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
Pulsar
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Oh boy, so I have a few quick stories to share about Pulsar with you today. First let me tell you that this all has a happy (very happy) ending. I shipped Pulsar via USPS Priority Mail to show at the Pacific International Quilt Festival in Santa Clara on Monday, October 4th. I followed the tracking and it was out...

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10 Oct

TDR Queen {Making Progress}

After pausing on working on the TDR Queen (Playful Partial Seams workshop sample mini quilt), I was able to come back and make better progress on moving it forward. Most importantly, I was able to cut correctly from the background fabric. Whew. With the correct cut under my belt, I was able to successfully get the mini quilt pieced without...

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09 Oct

Email is Working Again

October 9, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
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Short story: My professional email is working again. Long story: After waiting 72 hours, it still didn't work. I contacted support and *surprise surprise* they had to get a system administrator to make a change to the server. LONGEST WEEK EVER but my business should be back to normal. Thank you so much for your patience as this resolved. I...

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08 Oct

TDR Queen

When it comes to following quilt patterns, I do not do a good job. This sample quilt that I tried to start making for my Playful Partial Seams QuiltCon 2022 workshop is a good example of knowing when to stop for the day. But I'm getting ahead of myself a bit; let's start at the beginning. There are several aspects...

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06 Oct

Email Disruption

October 6, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
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My professional email is down while the spam protection software my host provider uses is being removed. If you try to email me at yvonne@quiltingjetgirl.com and it bounces back, please try again using jetgirl8@gmail.com. Hopefully in 72 hours (or less) my email will stop having these issues. Thank you for your patience as this resolves.

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04 Oct

Marking Diagonal Lines for QSTs

September 30, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
QST Tip, quarter square triangle tip, quilting tip
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One of my favorite aspects of teaching workshops is that it makes me really think through what I do. In the process of preparing to teach the Sunburst workshop with the Las Vegas Modern Quilt Guild a little over a week ago, I was making samples to show my process for making quarter-square triangles (QSTs), and I realized that...

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01 Oct

2021 Finished Quilts

Planview {Completed Quilt}

October 11, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
Planview, planview quilt, planview quilt along
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Quilting the white background for Planview honestly went quicker than I had anticipated, and so I'm really happy to get to share the finished quilt with you today! The fabric for the sample quilt was provided by Northcott Fabrics. The colorful prints are by Patrick Lose Studios and are part of the reorderable Mixmasters Mashup line. The quilt includes: Open...

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27 Sep

Pulsar {Pacific International Quilt Festival}

September 22, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
PIQF, pular
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On August 4th, I submitted Pulsar for consideration for the upcoming Pacific International Quilt Festival (PIQF), to be held in Santa Clara Convention Center on October 14-17. A few weeks ago, I started seeing quilters on Instagram posting that their quilts had been juried in and selected to hang at the show. I did not receive an email, so...

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24 Sep

Planview – Listening to the Quilt

September 21, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
planview quilt, planview quilt along, quilting plan
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Once I had a quilting plan in mind, I was ready to get started quilting the Planview Quilt. I basted the quilt in two sessions: half before lunch and half after lunch, so it felt like it went quickly. And I am still very much an advocate of pinning the batting to the backing around the edge of the...

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20 Sep

Planview Quilting Plan

September 3, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
planview quilt, planview quilt along, procreate, quilting plan
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Today, I want so share the process I went through to come up with a quilting plan for my Planview quilt. I use an app on my iPad called Procreate (I think I paid $9.99 for it) which allows me to use an Apple pen to doodle out quilting motifs. I'll explain more about how I work through the...

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17 Sep

2021 Finished Quilts

Cathedral Star Mini Quilt

September 29, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
cathedral star block, cathedral star mini quilt
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In addition to the Cathedral Star Block that I'll be adding to my Old School Block of the Month quilt, I also pieced 4 additional Cathedral Star blocks in the process of creating the PDF that I shared last Sunday: one block for each method and with each type of ruler. There was no sense in letting those blocks...

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12 Sep

Cathedral Star Block {Old School BOM}

Hello and welcome to the 9th month of the Old School Block of the Month hosted by by Kim Lapacek of Persimon Dreams. If we haven't met before, I'm Yvonne Fuchs of Quilting Jetgirl. I'm a former aerospace engineer turned modern quilter, quilt designer, quilt instructor, and technical editor. In addition, I have over 90(!!) free tutorials that you may...

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10 Sep

Planview {Pieced Quilt Top}

September 2, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
2022 Quilt Along, planview quilt, planview quilt along
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I get to share the Planview pieced quilt top with you today! As an engineer, I created plans to communicate how to manufacture parts that I developed. Plans are two-dimensional diagrams used to describe an object and communicate building and/or fabrication instructions. A plan view is a projection looking down on the object, like in a floor plan for a...

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06 Sep

Sunburst Virtual Workshop {Las Vegas MQG}

This is a quick post that I'm sharing for the Las Vegas Modern Quilt Guild. I am going to be giving my Transparency Fabric Selection Tips & Tricks virtual lecture and teaching a 3-hour Sunburst transparency pattern virtual workshop (blue quilt in the upper right of image below) with the Las Vegas MQG later this month (see full date...

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05 Sep

Birthday Pattern Flash Sale!

August 27, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
flash sale
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Today I am grateful to turn 42. I might not have the answer to life, the universe, and everything, but I’m happy to be here and ready to learn more. To celebrate, all the patterns in my shop are on sale today. No coupon code needed. Since my mid-30s, birthdays have become even more special to me for a host...

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04 Sep

General Tutorials

Directional Prints {HSTs and Stitch and Flip}

September 2, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
directional prints, directional prints and HSTs, stitch and flip, tips
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Hello, and welcome to any new visitors who are following along with my Aurifil Instagram takeover this weekend. I'm Yvonne Fuchs, a former aerospace engineer turned modern quilter, pattern designer, quilt instructor, and technical editor. I've been a very active blogger since 2014, and if you have more time to poke around my website after reading my tips for...

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03 Sep

Aurifil Instagram Takeover

This is just a super quick post to let you know to keep an eye on the Aurifil Instagram account this weekend. I'll be sharing through their account this weekend (and doing my best to keep up with comments there). There will be additional coordinated content shared here on my blog *wink wink*. On top of that, Sunday is...

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30 Aug

Planview {2022 Quilt Along}

After coming up with a design, writing a pattern (that includes 6 sizes to choose from!), and getting the pattern edited by my technical editor (Cheryl Brickey from Meadow Mist Designs), this week I get to start sewing the test version of my upcoming Planview quilt along quilt. I'm making the lap size quilt and I'm really looking forward...

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, over 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.