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09 Feb

General Tutorials

Sewing Full Circles Tutorial

April 7, 2018
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
sewing a full circle, Sewing Full Circles Tutorial
28 comments

To piece the circles for the Rockabilly Baby quilt, I sewed full circles into the background fabric. Today, I thought I'd share with you how I put them together via a photo tutorial. The circles I made for the Rockabilly Baby Quilt finish at 8-inches in diameter. I created a half circle template set to use, and you can download...

01 Dec

General Tutorials

Cutting Hexies {Photo Tutorial}

April 7, 2018
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
cutting hexagons fabric tutorial, cutting hexagons without templates, cutting hexies photo tutorial
12 comments

This tutorial is for cutting 6-inch point-to-point hexagons. Another great resource for cutting without templates can be found on by from the blue chair, which also includes a fantastic table with lots of size references. As you probably know, I have recently been having fun making the 5 Minute Hexi Coasters, so I have been cutting these shapes a...

02 Nov

General Tutorials

Equilateral Triangle Quilt Calculator

September 17, 2022
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
equilateral triangle quilt calculator, video tutorial
27 comments

I am excited to introduce a new quilting tool to you today, the Equilateral Triangle Quilt Calculator. When piecing equilateral (60°) triangle quilt tops, it can be hard to know what size your quilt top is going to finish. With this spreadsheet based tool, you can now determine just how large your quilt top will finish! You can get...

24 Sep

2015 Finished Quilts, General Tutorials, Quilts

Binding Mini Mini Quilts

April 7, 2018
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
mini mini quilt binding tutorial, mini mini quilt swap, mini mini quilts, quilt swap
22 comments

Yesterday in my blog reading, I came across Kitty @Night Quilter's post and received an introduction through her blog about mini mini quilts. Greatly intrigued, I followed her advice and popped over to Instagram to check out #miniminiquiltswap. Figuring that I would poke through my scrap bin, you know, just to see what might happen... You might say I quickly...

17 Aug

General Tutorials

Selvage Binding Tutorial

April 7, 2018
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
selvage binding, selvage binding tutorial, selvage quilt along
24 comments

I really appreciate a beautiful selvage, but I rarely cut to save my selvage edges because I am just not sure what I would do with them. Working on several projects recently, I hatched an idea to use beautiful selvages in a single fold binding, and with this quick hot pad experiment, I was able to prove out the...

04 Aug

General Tutorials

Creative Cutting Ideas

September 17, 2022
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
creative cutting ideas, cutting large blocks with smaller mat
11 comments

I work with an 18-inch by 24-inch self healing mat. Occasionally I need to cut pieces of fabric that are larger than are easily accommodated by my mat, and I wanted to share two different methods I have used to overcome my limited space / mat size. Method 1 - The "Good Enough" Method I am currently working to make a...

26 Sep

2014 Finished Quilts, General Tutorials, Sewing Project

Tea Cozy {Tutorial}

April 7, 2018
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
reversible tea cozy, tea cozy, tea cozy tutorial
16 comments

The weather in my town has finally started to cool off a bit. I know that it is just an early tease, but the temperature for the past few mornings really put me in the mood for some hot tea. Which reminded me, I really want to make myself a tea cozy for my tea pot like the tea cozy I made...

30 Jul

General Tutorials, Sewing Project

Simple Drawstring Bag {Tutorial}

April 7, 2018
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
giveaway, sewing project, simple drawstring bag, simple gift bag, tutorial
29 comments

This is a tutorial for how I make a really simple drawstring bag to use to gift small quilts. Years ago, I used an online tutorial to make my first simple drawstring bag, but that blog is no longer available. I started playing around with what I remembered of the pattern and developed this simple pattern. As an added...

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 books.