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27 Sep

Pulsar {Pacific International Quilt Festival}

September 22, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
PIQF, pular
5 comments

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
6 comments

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
6 comments

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 17, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
cathedral star block, cathedral star mini quilt
8 comments

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
7 comments

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
7 comments

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...

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23 Aug

August Stash Acquisitions

As you are likely aware, my friend Bernie, who runs the Needle and Foot Etsy fabric shop, is retiring. Everything in her shop is discounted, and I picked up a few items from her shop that arrived last week. I selected yardage of Royal Blue in FreeSpirit Solids, Chocolate (Dark Brown) in FreeSpirit Solids, Picnic in Straw, Picnic in Brick,...

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20 Aug

Butter Churn Block {Old School BOM}

Before diving into quilting the group quilt this week, I set aside a bit of sewing time to make my August block for the Old School block of the month. The August block, Butter Churn, was designed by Lee Chappell Monroe of May Chappell. I used a dark navy print for the center. and I love that strip of metallic...

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13 Aug

Thread Matters 2021: Pairing Thread Weight and Needles

I just wanted to pop in and let you know that today on the Aurifil blog, I am walking through the steps to create a test quilt sandwich so that you can evaluate all the thread weights that you have on hand in combination with a variety of needle sizes. One of my favorite techniques to teach is thread...

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09 Aug

July Old School BOM

I finished my July block just in time to be ready for the August block to be released later this week (on Thursday, the 12th). The July block was a design shared by GoGo Kim, and if you are sewing along, you'll want to keep an eye on Lee Chappell Monroe (May Chappell)'s blog later this week! I opted to...

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06 Aug

2021 Finished Quilts, Quilt Pattern

Transparent Building Blocks {Finished Quilt & Pattern Release}

August 6, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
digital quilt pattern, pattern release, transparency quilt, transparent building blocks
5 comments

I was so delighted to get to make this baby quilt for my friends. Now that the quilt is finished and on the way to them, today I get to share the finished quilt with you. The Transparent Building Blocks digital quilt pattern is also complete and available as of today in the Quilting Jetgirl digital pattern shop. The design was driven by...

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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...

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.