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26 Dec

Life, Linky Party

Best of 2022

December 26, 2022
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
Best of 2022
19 comments

Each year since 2015, Cheryl from Meadow Mist Designs has encouraged us to look back on our year and share some of our best posts. Her Best of 2022 link party is open, and there are no rules on how you define and share your best posts. Favorite Tutorial - Quilt Basting Tips and Tricks I shared a LOT of new tips...

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23 Dec

2023 Goal Setting

Before setting goals for a new year, I always start by reviewing my goals for the previous year. 2022 Goals Host the Planview Quilt Along. – Complete! Teach at QuiltCon 2022. – Due to the Omicron surge, I made the very tough decision to cancel. It was the right choice for me and my family, but it was an excruciating and difficult...

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09 Dec

QuiltCon Entries

December 8, 2022
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
2023 QuiltCon
9 comments

Earlier this week, emails went out to everyone who submitted quilts for consideration into the juried QuiltCon 2023 show. This year I submitted 2 quilts for consideration, and I was happy to learn that 1 quilt was juried into the show and 1 quilt was not. I also learned that a group quilt that I made a block for...

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02 Dec

#2022KonaFoodQuilt {Raffle Open!!!}

Do you remember my Tangerine Peels block that I shared at the end of August? Well, that block and 35 others have been combined together into the #2022KonaFoodQuilt, and the raffle to win the quilt is open through December 4th! Our quilt is a large throw size, 72” square. Each block was created with high quality quilter’s cotton. It’s lined with...

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28 Nov

Night Garden Bonus Quilts & Cyber Monday Deals

November 23, 2022
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
cyber monday, cyber monday sales, night garden
6 comments

I had a lot of fun coming up with bonus quilt design ideas for Night Garden over the weekend, and I'd love to know what you think about what I've decided. I started out with the Night Garden throw size quilts (shown above as a reference). The Night Garden throw size quilt finishes at 66" square. I really love how the...

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25 Nov

Night Garden & Black Friday Deals

November 21, 2022
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
black friday deals, black friday sale, night garden
6 comments

About a year ago, I sat down for a few days and doodled up a bunch of different quilt ideas. Meringue was the first quilt that I made based on those sketches, and I'm about to start working on the next quilt from that design session. I call this design Night Garden, and I think when you see my...

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21 Nov

Gratitude Sale {Now through 11/30/2022}

November 18, 2022
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
black friday sale, cyber monday sale, Pattern Sale, sale, small business saturday sale
3 comments

We all need a LOT less pressure on us at this time of year, so I've decided that I will offer a Gratitude Sale on all of my patterns (I now have 60 in my pattern shop) starting now through the end of November. All of my patterns are marked down 25%. All prices have been adjusted and there...

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11 Nov

2023 Quilter’s Planner

November 3, 2022
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
2023 Quilter's Planner, Quilter's Planner
4 comments

It might seem crazy, but I'm already well into planning dates and business goals for 2023. Thankfully, one of my favorite tools to help me stay organized and on track publishes and ships in plenty of time: the Quilter's Planner. For my 2023 Quilter's Planner, I chose the Rainbow Radiant Cover, and I love how bold and bright it is....

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04 Nov

Celebrate My Quilt Submission {QuiltCon 2023 Entries}

November 1, 2022
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
2023 QuiltCon, celebrate my quilt submission
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Monday was the deadline for entering quilts for consideration to QuiltCon 2023. QuiltCon will be held next year in Atlanta, GA, on February 23-26, 2023. Looking back at the quilts that I have made in the past year, I came up with 4 quilts that I considered for submission. upper row (L-R): Sesen, Sequenced lower row (L-R): Meringue, Garden Peony To be honest, while...

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31 Oct

Friend Appreciation Day

My husband and I were part of the small team that designed, built, and flight tested the SpaceShipTwo prototype. Eight years ago today, there was an accident during the fourth rocket powered flight test, and SpaceShipTwo crashed, killing the co-pilot, Mike Alsbury. Even though I had left my job 6 months earlier, I still made sure I was there...

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28 Oct

Curated Quilts: Negative Space

October 26, 2022
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
Curated Quilts, negative space, Published Article
14 comments

Some stories are linear and easy to follow. And for the most part, this post is about the easy process of submitting an article idea to Curated Quilts for consideration in their upcoming (now published) Negative Space issue. In addition, I also submitted a few quilts for consideration in the Gallery section of the issue, one of which was...

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17 Oct

October Stash Kona Club

October 16, 2022
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
kona club

On Saturday, I picked up the October 2022 Kona Fabric Club bundle from Stash Fabrics. If you have seen my fabric this year and are interested in signing up for next year, you can find all of the clubs that they offer on the Stash Fabrics Clubs page. Many of you likely remember that this is a gift that my...

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10 Oct

In My Studio…

Over the past 4 days there has been a flurry of activity in my studio. A quilt top was pieced; but it wasn't sewn by me! My parents are out visiting, and my mom prepped a baby quilt to sew while she was here with me. She picked out fabric for a baby quilt using the pattern Windows, which is...

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22 Aug

New Sewing Studio Part 2

My husband and I started working on building a custom sewing machine table / cutting mat station for my new studio over the weekend, and we are getting close to being ready to install it in my studio. Let me tell you, I am READY to have access to my sewing machine again. I packed it away at the...

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19 Aug

The Quilt Keeper

August 18, 2022
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
quilt hangar, quilt storage, The Quilt Keeper
7 comments

Just after we had arrived in California, but before our household items had arrived to start unpacking, I was contacted by Azera from The Quilt Keeper. Azera is the communications, advertising, and shipping coordinator for The Quilt Keeper and her mother, Ellen Taurins, is the inventor and patent owner of The Quilt Keeper. Azera was hoping I would be...

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12 Aug

New Sewing Studio Part 1 (& We’ve Moved!)

One of the biggest goals I had for moving to Hawaii was to give my husband the time and head space to think about what comes next for him. When I transitioned away from being an engineer in 2014 and started trying to find my footing as a professional quilter, he gave me the grace, time, and space to...

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15 Jul

2022 Mid Year Review

Let’s just jump right in and take a look at the goals I set for 2022 and how things are progressing. Host the Planview Quilt Along. - Complete! Teach at QuiltCon 2022. - Due to the Omicron surge, I made the very tough decision to cancel. It was the right choice for me and my family, but it was an excruciating and difficult...

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24 Jun

Coming Soon: #2022MidYearCheckIn

As crazy as it may seem, 2022 is almost halfway over. On July 1st, I'll open the #2022MidYearCheckIn link up party that will run the month of July. I welcome you to take this opportunity to look back and reflect on your year as well, even if you did not join the original #2022PlanningParty link up. So, prepare to take...

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16 Jun

Auribuzz Guest Post

Today on Aurifil's Auribuzz blog, I’m excited to get to share some of my top tips for quilting with you so that you can confidently quilt your version of Meringue or tackle your next quilting project. I did all the quilting for Meringue on my domestic Juki TL-2200 QVP Mini with coordinating 50wt Aurifil thread. I hope there is a...

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.