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11 Aug

2023 Q3 Just for Fun Quilt Fabric Pull

A week ago, I shared the Bonus HSTs from Stitch and Flip Tutorial and Table. In order to test out the math and make the tutorial, I pulled a few fabrics from my stash. Several of you commented on the lovely fabrics, and I heartily agree! The prints I used are from Leslie Tucker Jenison's Urban Garden line for...

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24 Jul

quilt along, Quilts

Diatom – Postage Stamp Throw {Quilting}

The summer heat has slowed down my sewing / quilting progress. But I did make slow and steady progress last week on my Postage Stamp Throw version of the Diatom quilt. The first thing I needed to address was what thread I wanted to use for the quilting. I auditioned 4 50wt Aurifil thread choices (top to bottom): 2785 (Very...

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17 Jul

quilt along, Quilts

Diatom – Postage Stamp Throw {Pieced & Basted}

I don't remember exactly when I got my Diatom blocks that I pieced during the quilt along sewn into a quilt top (it happened sometime in the past month). It honestly didn't take long to do since I had already sewn the first 6 blocks into the top half of the quilt top, and I'm sure I snuck it...

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03 Jul

Sunrise Sherbet Improv & Online Vacation

I really delighted in participating in the week long Project Quilting prompts at the beginning of this year (I'm still not sure why I waited so long to join in). Because of that joy, I wanted to add in a "just for fun" project each quarter of this year. I knew when I pulled the Sunrise Sherbet palette in...

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30 Jun

My First Quilt

Hello and Happy Friday! It's hard to believe but today is the last day of June and we are halfway through the year (don't forget about the #2022QuiltingQ2CheckIn). I'm popping in quickly today to let you know that Leanne of Devoted Quilter has an interview up on her blog today about the first quilt I ever made. I found the...

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22 Jun

Creating a Quilting Plan {Auribuzz Guest Post}

June 22, 2023
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
Auribuzz
5 comments

The pattern instruction to “quilt as desired” can leave a lot of us feeling stumped, especially when we are working with a quilt that has a lot of negative space (like the quilts I love to design and make). In my quilt patterns, I include details and templates that I use to create my quilting plans, but there are...

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12 Jun

Congruence {Quilting Progress}

It took me a few days to get to the point where I could sustain spending much time quilting last week. One of the lingering symptoms of COVID for me has been vertigo. And the effect of spinning Congruence in a circle through the throat of my machine took a bit of getting used to (along with a continued...

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05 Jun

Congruence {Basting}

Thank you so much for your well wishes; what a difference a week makes. I'm feeling better and have short periods of good energy. Hooray! Since all of my quilting plan options for Congruence (including Plan C) have the same straight line quilting, I went ahead and got the quilting lines marked out on the quilt top using my Hera...

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29 May

Congruence {Quilting Plan C}

I'm still very low energy and not feeling well, and I am feeling pretty stir crazy. About all the energy I had in this past week was to come up with what is likely the final quilting plan for Congruence, Plan C. Based on feedback from a week ago, I think this splits the difference and seems achievable. Hopefully I'll...

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22 May

Congruence {Quilting Plan}

Well, this post is probably going to be pretty short. After avoiding COVID for years, my husband and I both tested positive last week. It's really hard for me to not do much, but I don't have much energy. Thankfully my husband is already much improved and I can tell that I'm doing better than I was on Friday. So,...

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19 May

Congruence {Pieced Quilt Top}

I keep reminding myself that slow and steady wins the race. Or in this case, finishes a quilt. A stitch at a time over the last week and a half or so added up to a stack of pieced quilt blocks earlier this week. And what a satisfying thing it has been to see these scraps turning into something more! My...

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08 May

Congruence {Piecing Progress}

This weekend I was able to finish piecing the rest of the drunkard's path blocks for Congruence, and then get them all pressed and trimmed. While it can be rather messy to set all of the trimmings aside to create a friendly fabric monster, it is so silly and fun that I can't help myself. 64 drunkard's path blocks now...

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01 May

Congruence {Slow Piecing Progress}

Last week, I had big intentions to make a lot of piecing progress on Congruence, but the universe had other plans. On Tuesday evening, I pinned just over half of the curves and I even sewed 2 units together. But instead of chain piecing, my husband and I took an hour long phone call. Then Wednesday was a long...

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24 Apr

Congruence {Fabric Prep}

With the first Night Garden bonus quilt finished (Space Arcade), what else was a girl to do but start on the second bonus quilt, Congruence? While Space Arcade can be made from the scraps of either Night Garden quilt size, Congruence can only be made from scraps created to make the queen size quilt. Congruence is a two-color quilt, and...

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10 Apr

Space Arcade {Quilting Progress}

April 9, 2023
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
bonus quilt, night garden bonus quilt, space arcade quilt
8 comments

Wow, it's really hard for me to believe that the last time I shared a progress update on the Space Arcade quilt was exactly a month ago. After marking the quilting plan and basting the quilt, I set it aside so I could finish the last Project Quilting challenge of the year. Then Night Garden came back from being...

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07 Apr

Diatom QAL {Blocks 1 through 6}

After the first three Diatom blocks were released, a few people in the quilt along shared photos of their blocks already sewn together into the top row of the quilt. It was beautiful and exciting for me to see! I've been sewing along making the Postage Stamp Throw version and I was definitely tempted to sew my first three...

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10 Mar

Space Arcade {Quilting Plan}

March 9, 2023
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
bonus quilt, night garden quilt, quilting plan, space arcade quilt
8 comments

I was able to get the Space Arcade quilt top pieced early this week, which meant I then spent time thinking about the quilting plan. To begin, I took a high resolution illustration of the quilt top into Procreate and started doodling out some ideas. A few notes about the exported timelapse from Procreate that is linked to below... I...

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06 Mar

Space Arcade Quilt {Piecing}

March 5, 2023
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
bonus quilt, night garden quilt, space arcade quilt
10 comments

With my Project Quilting 14.5 Not a Square quilt finished and Night Garden out to be longarm quilted, I started another project this weekend: the first bonus quilt using the large scraps created piecing Night Garden. Because I made the queen size version of Night Garden, I will be making two bonus quilts: Space Arcade (above), which is a bonus...

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27 Feb

Night Garden {Completed Quilt Top}

As I was working to finish piecing the Night Garden quilt top this month, I started to think more and more about how it would be quilted. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's see how the quilt came together. I was so thrilled when the quilt center was pieced together. I just love the shapes that are created, and...

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13 Feb

Night Garden Piecing Progress

After finishing up my What is Love baby quilt last week, I was so happy to have my Night Garden fabric cut and ready to start sewing! The first blocks came together quickly and smoothly: a large stack of quarter circle block and a much smaller stack of orange peel blocks. Lovely! My next set of blocks were a bit more...

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 curves, transparency color play, and bold, geometric designs. Yvonne’s quilts have been featured in numerous national and international magazines, quilt shows, and books.