Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl

20 Jun

2018 Finished Quilts, Quilts

Magnolia Mystery Quilt Finish!

I knew that it was time to finish my Magnolia Mystery quilt, but until I sat down to write this post, I didn't realize that I finished Cheryl's (Meadow Mist Designs) Magnolia Mystery Quilt in January. In May I ordered and received backing fabric, and this week I had time to finish it. Earlier this year, my oldest niece told...

18 Jun

2018 Aurifil BOM

2018 Aurifil BOM – June

Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
#2018AurifilBOM, 2018 Aurifil Designer, WiP, Work in Progress
10 comments
June 17, 2018

Kerry from Kid Giddy is the designer of the June Aurifil block, the Tonga Block, and I could not wait to sew this one together! Kerry's block is inspired by Tonga and depicts a sea turtle. As you probably saw earlier this year through my Deep Dive mini quilt, my husband and I really love sea turtles. I waited...

15 Jun

Tips and Tutorials Festival

Tips and Tutorials Festival {Voting Open!}

Cheryl from Meadow Mist Designs and I have really enjoyed all the posts linked up to the Tips and Tutorials Festival this week. Have you had a chance to check them all out? If not, now is a great time to go visit them all because Voting is Open! (Note: voting takes place on the main link-up post.) The top three posts...

14 Jun

Splendid Sampler II

Splendid Sampler II Sew Along {Starts Today!}

In anticipation of the Splendid Sampler II book release (non-affiliate link), the Splendid Sampler II sew-along is kicking off today. 80 quilt designers from all over the world (including yours truly!) have contributed blocks to this fantastic sampler quilt book. The sew-along is going to give a variety of 20 of the Splendid Sampler II blocks to download weekly...

10 Jun

Tips and Tutorials Festival

Tips and Tutorials Festival {Linkup!}

Welcome to the first bi-annual Tips and Tutorials Festival I am co-hosting with Cheryl from Meadow Mist Designs. I hope that you have fun learning some great new tips and tutorials! Just as a reminder, details about the festival... Submissions close at 11:59 PM Eastern on Friday, June 15th. You can submit up to 4 tutorials: one per category or all...

08 Jun

Giveaway, OLFA Creators

OLFA 60mm Endurance Blade {Giveaway}

Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
Endurance Blade, giveaway, OLFA 60mm Rotary Cutter
120 comments
June 5, 2018

I don't know about you, but I was curious about the OLFA 45mm Endurance blade when it was released last March, but I use a 60mm rotary cutter, so it was mostly just a blip on my radar. I saw people discussing how it worked for them, and I was hopeful that OLFA might extend their product offering to...

07 Jun

Quilts

2018 Aurifil Artisans and Teaching Update

Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
#2018AurifilArtisan, Aurifil Artisan, Greenville Modern Quilt Guild, teaching
13 comments
June 7, 2018

Sometimes all the pieces fall into place at once. Yesterday Aurifil announced their 2018 Aurifil Artisans, and I am thrilled that they are welcoming me back for another year. It's an amazingly talented bunch, and it is an honor to be a part of the group. You know that my machines and I love Aurifil, and I am grateful...

06 Jun

Linky Party

2018 Goals Check-in

Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
2018 Goals, 2018 Planning, mid year review
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June 5, 2018

As hard as it is to believe, it's fast approaching the halfway point of the year. I am going to host a #2018MidYearReview linkup party from July 1st through July 15th, so now is the time to take stock of the goals you set for yourself. You can browse the #2018PlanningParty linkup to find your original goal setting. I'll...

04 Jun

QuiltCon 2019, Teaching

QuiltCon 2019: Nashville

Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
QuiltCon 2019, QuiltCon Teaching, QuiltCon Workshop, Transparency Quilt Design
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June 2, 2018

Last week the Modern Quilt Guild released the Catalog for QuiltCon 2019, which is going to be held from February 21-24 in Nashville, Tennessee. I am really excited to share that I will be teaching a 3 hour transparency design workshop on Sunday, February 24th, from 9-12 am. Workshop description: Combining discussion, sketching, and design wall group activity, Yvonne will walk...

31 May

Tips and Tutorials Tuesday

Tips and Tutorials Festival {Rules and Prizes}

I hope that you are getting as excited as Cheryl (Meadow Mist Designs) and I am about the upcoming Tips and Tutorials Festival! The festival will open for links to tutorials on June 11th. Festival Rules Submissions open at Midnight Eastern on Monday, June 11th and close at 11:59 PM Eastern on Friday, June 15th. There will be 4 categories open...

30 May

General Tutorials

Quilt Photography Tool Tutorial

I am very lucky to have a tall husband (he is 6'2" tall), with a large arm span, who is more than happy to hold up quilts for me to photograph on occasion. Sometimes he is not available to help me, and so I have had friends hold my quilts, which usually presents a tricky problem for me as...

27 May

2018 Finished Quilts, Quilts

Murrina {Stash Statement Blog Tour}

I am thrilled to get to share my finished Murrina quilt, from the Stash Statement book by Kelly from My Quilt Infatuation, today! If you want to see my progression in making the quilt, all the previous posts about Murrina are: Murrina – Getting Started {Stash Statement} Improv Piecing Progress {Murrina | Stash Statement} Still Sewing Along {Murrina | Stash Statement} ...

25 May

Giveaway

Giveaway Friday

Wow, it's hard to believe this is the 4th week of Giveaway Friday... and I've got weeks of giveaways lined up to keep going! My husband and I are building a custom expedition vehicle, and we purchased the habitat box from Total Composites. The big expedition vehicle “conference” (think the equivalent of QuiltCon) of the year, Overland Expo West, was...

23 May

2018 Aurifil BOM

2018 Aurifil BOM – May

Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
#2018AurifilBOM, 2018 Aurifil Designer, WiP, Work in Progress
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May 21, 2018

Minki Kim is the designer of the May Aurifil block, the Santa Barbara Tile Block, and I have to admit I was a bit stumped when I first saw the block. So far I had used black, white, and the suggested color by the designer. But Minki's suggestion of yellow would make the second yellow block for the year......

21 May

2018 Finished Quilts, Quilts

Sunset Mini Mini Quilt {Patreon Reward}

I had two Patrons unlock rewards in May. One of my Patrons unlocked a mini quilt and I was able to send her a quilt that was in my stock that I know she will love and appreciate. The second Patron unlocked a mini mini quilt, and other than asking me to refrain from pastel colors, I had free...

18 May

Giveaway

Giveaway Friday

Welcome to installment 3 of Giveaway Friday! My husband's maternal grandparents have been a big influence in both of our lives and are part of the inspiration in our consideration for downsizing. His grandparents had a lovely home and extra large yard where they raised 5 children. Upon his grandfather's retirement, they decided to move into a condo living...

16 May

Instagram Photo Challenge, Quilt Theory

#MissingMarket

Spring quilt market is being held in Portland, Oregon, this week, and images are about to flood our social media channels. Quilt Market is the Quilting Industry's equivalent to Spring and Fall Fashion Week in NYC and Paris. Every fabric manufacturer, sewing machine manufacturer, and designers of fabrics / patterns / notions attend Quilt Market to share new and...

14 May

Quilts

Snowballs {Murrina | Stash Statement}

My progress on the Murrina quilt continues to be rather slow, but hopefully I can pick up the pace this week a bit and at least get the quilt top and backing ready to quilt. Wish me luck! I have transformed all the improv blocks I shared in my last progress post into the snowball blocks that the pattern calls for. I...

11 May

Giveaway

Giveaway Friday

Welcome to installment 2 of Giveaway Friday! There were a lot of questions about my downsizing last week, and I will definitely be filling in more details when I can. For now, we are just doing a lot of de-cluttering, donating, selling, and general spring cleaning. This week, I'm giving away more 100 Blocks magazines. I am giving away (1) 100...

09 May

Quilts

Still Sewing Along {Murrina | Stash Statement}

I really like improvisation, but I am not the quickest when doing it myself. I am happy to say that I have all my improv blocks for the Murrina quilt from Stash Statement pieced together and my sewing area has been tidied back up. Whew, that brings me a lot of peace of mind! Up next will be seeing how...

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

I seek to change active, generous, caring creatives who want to learn to quilt or improve their quilting skills into people who approach quilting with joy. Into people who recognize that quilting creates connections and builds community. I seek to help you become excited about every step of the quilting process. To make quilts that you are proud of. Thanks for joining me. I can’t wait to see the quilts you are going to create.

In her earlier career, Yvonne worked as an aerospace engineer until April 2014 when she radically redesigned her life to focus on her physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. Her company name, Quilting Jetgirl, is a blend of her professional histories and the tagline “Sewing at the Speed of Sound” is a nod to her work on the second privately funded (non-government) vehicle to break the sound barrier. She has been quilting for 20+ years and credits quilting with helping her feel balanced and connected to both her local hometown community and a larger global community.