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05 Mar

2021 Finished Quilts, Quilts

Cheery Mini Mini Quilt

In early December, one of my patrons unlocked their mini mini quilt reward. I was literally days away from putting my sewing machine in a box for our move (and most of everything else in our house was already boxed up), but I reached out to see about making one last thing in my old sewing space before moving....

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24 Feb

Summer Sampler Black Lives Matter Quilt Auction

February 22, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
Black Lives Matter, Quilt Auction, sjsa, social justice sewing academy
6 comments

Last summer, as a former Summer Sampler block designer, I was honored to contribute a block to the Summer Sampler Black Lives Matter quilt. The quilt is now listed on eBay for Charity, and all proceeds from the auction will be donated to the Social Justice Sewing Academy. The Auction is live until 11am (Mountain), March 1, 2021. The quilt measures 72”...

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12 Feb

Patched Friendship Star Block {Old School BOM}

I am squeaking in right under the wire to get my first block made as part of the 2021 Old School Block of the Month. Kim shared her tutorial for the Patched Friendship Star block on January 12th, and the next block (designed by Nancy Scott from Masterpiece Quilting) will be shared today. It took me longer to come...

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29 Jan

Quilt Return

January 26, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
Fractures
10 comments

Almost 14 months ago I shipped off a quilt to the MQG to be part of their Modern Monthly series, and last week it was returned back to me. It had a bit more circuitous a route to get to me due to my recent move (it was shipped to my old address, forwarded to my in-laws who held...

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12 Jan

Introducing the Old School BOM

At the end of 2020, Kim Lapacek reached out to some designers because she was craving an "old school" style blog hop based block of the month for 2021. Starting today, on the 12th of every month this year, a new free tutorial will be shared by one of the block of the month designers. We will be sharing...

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01 Dec

Bokeh Quilt Along {Fabric Requirements}

In photography, bokeh is the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in out-of-focus parts of an image. Bokeh has also been defined as "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light". Differences in lens aberrations and aperture shape cause very different bokeh effects. - Wikipedia The Bokeh quilt requires 5 fabrics: a background fabric (Fabric E), 3 fabrics for...

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02 Nov

Quilt Commission {Quilt Design}

A local friend reached out to me at the beginning of October enquiring if I would consider making a quilt on commission. Although it is pretty rare that I take on commission work, she gave me free reign on the design (with just enough input to make sure the recipient will love it) and I am really excited to...

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12 Oct

Quick Hanging Sleeve

I recently finished a quick, unexpected project. I was contacted by a friend who was gifted a family heirloom baby quilt, and they wanted to hang it on the wall. I was happy to agree to put a hanging sleeve on the back of the quilt. Because the quilt is not directional, the first thing I did after receiving the...

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09 Oct

Modern Plus Sampler {2020 Goals}

October 5, 2020
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
Modern Plus Sampler, Modern Plus Sign Quilts, quilt along
8 comments

As I mentioned on Monday, I am taking a bit of a detour so that I can wrap up a long term WIP. It has been a little over a year and a half since I pieced the Modern Plus Sampler quilt top. The Modern Plus Sampler was a quilt along hosted by my friends Cheryl (Meadow Mist Designs)...

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05 Oct

Bokeh {Cutting Fabric}

Cutting fabric to start a new project is my least favorite step in the quilt making process. It is always heavily outweighed by the fact that I am excited to get to make something (!!), but it's still the part of the process I like the least. I just find the time it takes to be tedious. As a...

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25 Sep

Bonus Bouquet {Quilting}

September 22, 2020
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
bonus boquet quilt, bonus quilt, Morrison Park Fabric
12 comments

I have had a really productive week. Not only was I able to finish squaring up the Bonus Bouquet blocks, but I got the quilt top pieced and it is now basted and ready for quilting. I really love this design, so to not spoil it too much, I'm going to wait to give you the full reveal next...

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21 Sep

Bonus Bouquet {Work in Progress}

September 20, 2020
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
bonus boquet quilt, bonus quilt, Morrison Park Fabric
7 comments

I had a really fun and productive week quilting last week. The air quality in my California town continues to be bad enough that I am not able to go outdoors for my evening walk, and I started sewing in the evenings after dinner for a bit instead. I'm definitely stir crazy but thankful our area isn't near any...

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14 Sep

Works in Progress

September 12, 2020
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
fabric, free motion quilting, quilt along, Work in Progress
8 comments

I am currently working on a lot of different "secret sewing" projects, which is both exciting and frustrating. I definitely look forward to being able to share details about these projects when I can (stay tuned for more about some on Friday), but it's frustrating because I have less that I can share and talk about in the mean...

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24 Aug

Bonus Quilt Progress

August 21, 2020
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
bonus quilt, curved piecing, sky full of stars quilt
13 comments

Last week was a long week of computer work. Between preparing to release the pattern for Mum's Garden and laying the ground work for the next few patterns (Sky Full of Stars, which will include instructions for this bonus quilt, is out for review with my technical editor, Cheryl from Meadow Mist Designs), I didn't make too much progress...

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17 Aug

Sky Full of Stars {Bonus Quilt}

August 11, 2020
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
bonus quilt, curved piecing, sky full of stars quilt
22 comments

When piecing the curve star blocks and inset curve stars for the Sky Full of Stars quilt, (4) large convex scraps were created from each of the prints that I used to create the stars, for a total of (68) large scraps. I quickly trimmed them down using 5" finished / 5 1/2" unfinished convex templates. I looked through...

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03 Aug

Sky Full of Stars {Quilting}

August 3, 2020
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
curve star blocks, inset curve stars, quilting plan, sky full of stars
8 comments

I don't know about anyone else, but I was really busy at the end of July. I was really glad at the end of last week when I was able to take a deep breath, start working on writing up a pattern for Mum's Garden, and dive into quilting Sky Full of Stars. I took a quick photo of the...

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17 Jul

Sky Full of Stars {Curved Piecing Explorations}

July 10, 2020
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
curved piecing, partial seams, sky full of stars quilt
17 comments

After finishing Mum's Garden, I dove straight into more curved piecing exploration. These ideas all started with the pieced stars in the borders of Mum's Garden: Instead of making four Drunkard's Path blocks and sewing them together into a block to create the star shape, I used a single piece of fabric for the star. Four curved seams later, and...

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22 Jun

Mum’s Garden {Quilting Update}

Heads up, this is a photo heavy post. I have found that I can quilt about one spiral on Mum's Garden a day. It's a pretty big quilt at 60" x 72" to turn and turn and turn, and as I work my way to the edges of the quilt, getting the quilt to pass through the throat of my...

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.