Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl

01 Aug

2010 Finished Quilts, Quilts

Quilt for Cousin Eliza

April 7, 2018
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I just finished my most recent quilt project - a lap quilt for our cousin Elizabeth. It's still getting washed as I type this post! I'm excited to be able to deliver it in person next weekend. I asked Elizabeth what she would like - blue flowers. She also preferred the secondary color to be white. So I collected up...

01 Aug

2010 Finished Quilts, Quilts

Relay for Life Team Banner

April 7, 2018
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I was part of a Relay for Life team this summer. In June, our team captain asked if I could make the banner for the team. I had just received some free fabric from a friend's grandmother who had to downsize her fabric collection, so I dove into those fabrics and came out with this: In all, it took under...

05 Jun

2010 Finished Quilts, Quilts

Quilt for Baby Miller

April 7, 2018
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I knew that our friends, Sam and Chelsea Miller, were expecting their first, and when Sam let us know that he would be out to visit in a week and a half, I challenged myself to get a baby quilt made in time to give to him. Yikes! Without mom around for help, I thought it might not be...

03 Apr

2010 Finished Quilts, Quilts

Quilt for Mr. O

April 7, 2018
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I had been trying to make a quilt for my brother-in-law, Todd, for years. I knew that I wanted to make it mostly red or red and black and work with the UNM Lobo / dog theme, but I had really been struggling to find a pattern and fabric I liked. I'm just not a red person, so I...

27 Feb

Sewing Project

Simple Drawstring Bag – Tighe Baby Shower

February 27, 2010
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I used up some of the left over material from the Tighe Baby quilt to make a simple drawstring bag to put books in for the Tighe baby shower. Not only were they a great way to use up some left over material, but I didn't have to buy gift paper and I hope they can be used for putting toys...

24 Jan

Sewing Project

Handkerchiefs for Jess

April 4, 2016
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While I was working with the material for Mr. O's quilt, my friend Jess had a birthday. Some of the material just screamed "Jess!", so I stitched up 2 handkerchiefs for her for use as a bandanna / headband. I think they've held up to use, so far.

21 Jan

2010 Finished Quilts, Quilts

King Baby Quilt

April 7, 2018
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After getting back into quilting, my mom came out for a week long visit and we worked together to make a quilt for my cousin Beas' first child. I had a great time quilting with my mom, and I was amazed that we were able to make the quilt in a week! Here's the log cabin quilt we made...

27 Dec

Quilts

Tighe Baby Quilt

December 27, 2009
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After moving to California, I did not set up my sewing room quickly enough, and it turned into an airplane spare parts storage room instead: I didn't really have any huge inspiration to do a project for almost two years, though. However, recently Michael and I have been getting more baby announcements than wedding announcements. So, I set out to...

06 Feb

Quilts

Pillow Quilt (Quillow)

April 4, 2016
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I came across some beautiful fabric that made me think of my sister-in-law, and I set out to make a quilt that stores folded up as a pillow. I made up the pattern and "stitched in the ditch" for the quilting. The pattern I made up starts with smaller blocks at the top, so that as you fold down,...

08 Aug

Quilts

Fuchs Runner

April 4, 2016
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I cannot remember when I made this, exactly, but it was probably in 2003 or 2004. I had sort of envisioned it as a table runner, but I like how Frank R has claimed it for his chair. I look forward to making a real quilt for Katy and Frank later that will have better workmanship - having a...

01 Jun

Quilts

Gradient Quilt – My Wedding Quilt

April 4, 2016
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I worked on this quilt for about a year. I didn't have it done when we got married, but I finished stitching the binding on the day we moved into our first house in Florida, about 5 months later. Michael is so tall his feet stuck out of the bottom of the quilt we had been using (the star...

31 Jul

Quilts

College Star Quilt

July 31, 1999
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I made the second quilt that I used while I was in college during the summer of 1999. After 3 semesters in school, I started co-oping. So Spring 1999 I lived in Hampton, VA, and worked for NASA Langely Research Center. The way co-oping is set up, I would work a semester, go to school for a semester, etc.,...

25 Dec

Quilts

Music Lap Quilt

April 4, 2016
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The second quilt I ever made was a Christmas present for my high school boyfriend. We were in the marching band together, and I made a music lap quilt. I am still friends with him, and in 2012 he found the old lap quilt at his parents house and he shipped it back to me, which was a pleasant...

11 Jul

Quilts

My First Quilt

July 11, 1996
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I pieced together this quilt top in 1995 with help from my mother and my paternal grandmother hand quilted it in 1996. I used it 1997-1999 as a quilt during my freshman and sophomore years in college. The pattern is the Winning Hand "Quilt-in-a-Day" pattern by Eleanor Burns. This was the last quilt that my grandmother worked on before she passed...

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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.