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10 Oct

TDR Queen {Making Progress}

After pausing on working on the TDR Queen (Playful Partial Seams workshop sample mini quilt), I was able to come back and make better progress on moving it forward. Most importantly, I was able to cut correctly from the background fabric. Whew. With the correct cut under my belt, I was able to successfully get the mini quilt pieced without...

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08 Oct

TDR Queen

When it comes to following quilt patterns, I do not do a good job. This sample quilt that I tried to start making for my Playful Partial Seams QuiltCon 2022 workshop is a good example of knowing when to stop for the day. But I'm getting ahead of myself a bit; let's start at the beginning. There are several aspects...

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27 Sep

Pulsar {Pacific International Quilt Festival}

September 22, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
PIQF, pular
11 comments

On August 4th, I submitted Pulsar for consideration for the upcoming Pacific International Quilt Festival (PIQF), to be held in Santa Clara Convention Center on October 14-17. A few weeks ago, I started seeing quilters on Instagram posting that their quilts had been juried in and selected to hang at the show. I did not receive an email, so...

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24 Sep

Planview – Listening to the Quilt

September 21, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
planview quilt, planview quilt along, quilting plan
6 comments

Once I had a quilting plan in mind, I was ready to get started quilting the Planview Quilt. I basted the quilt in two sessions: half before lunch and half after lunch, so it felt like it went quickly. And I am still very much an advocate of pinning the batting to the backing around the edge of the...

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20 Sep

Planview Quilting Plan

September 3, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
planview quilt, planview quilt along, procreate, quilting plan
6 comments

Today, I want so share the process I went through to come up with a quilting plan for my Planview quilt. I use an app on my iPad called Procreate (I think I paid $9.99 for it) which allows me to use an Apple pen to doodle out quilting motifs. I'll explain more about how I work through the...

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12 Sep

Cathedral Star Block {Old School BOM}

Hello and welcome to the 9th month of the Old School Block of the Month hosted by by Kim Lapacek of Persimon Dreams. If we haven't met before, I'm Yvonne Fuchs of Quilting Jetgirl. I'm a former aerospace engineer turned modern quilter, quilt designer, quilt instructor, and technical editor. In addition, I have over 90(!!) free tutorials that you may...

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10 Sep

Planview {Pieced Quilt Top}

September 2, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
2022 Quilt Along, planview quilt, planview quilt along
7 comments

I get to share the Planview pieced quilt top with you today! As an engineer, I created plans to communicate how to manufacture parts that I developed. Plans are two-dimensional diagrams used to describe an object and communicate building and/or fabrication instructions. A plan view is a projection looking down on the object, like in a floor plan for a...

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20 Aug

Butter Churn Block {Old School BOM}

Before diving into quilting the group quilt this week, I set aside a bit of sewing time to make my August block for the Old School block of the month. The August block, Butter Churn, was designed by Lee Chappell Monroe of May Chappell. I used a dark navy print for the center. and I love that strip of metallic...

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13 Aug

Thread Matters 2021: Pairing Thread Weight and Needles

I just wanted to pop in and let you know that today on the Aurifil blog, I am walking through the steps to create a test quilt sandwich so that you can evaluate all the thread weights that you have on hand in combination with a variety of needle sizes. One of my favorite techniques to teach is thread...

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09 Aug

July Old School BOM

I finished my July block just in time to be ready for the August block to be released later this week (on Thursday, the 12th). The July block was a design shared by GoGo Kim, and if you are sewing along, you'll want to keep an eye on Lee Chappell Monroe (May Chappell)'s blog later this week! I opted to...

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26 Jul

Transparent Building Blocks {Pieced Quilt Top}

July 23, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
transparency quilt, transparent building blocks
5 comments

It was a treat to get to sew together the quilt top for Transparent Building Blocks last week, and below I'm sharing a quick GIF that toggles back and forth between the graphic design based on the fabric pull and the pieced quilt top. I love getting to see how similar the quilt can be to the concept! With the...

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19 Jul

Transparent Building Blocks {Design and Fabric Pull}

July 13, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
quilt design, transparency quilt, transparent building blocks
12 comments

Some friends are expecting their first child later this year, and I have been working with them on a design and fabric selection to make a baby quilt. They are not going to learn the gender until birth, and other than not wanting something that read as stereotypically gender related, I had pretty free reign to come up with...

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12 Jul

Economy Block {Old School BOM}

I've had my June economy block complete for several weeks, but I got busy making quilts and forgot to share about it. Well, since today marks the next block design share by GoGo Kim, I figured I might as well show you what I made! Kerry shared a really delightful version that creates a pocket at the center of the...

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28 Jun

Love is Love Fabric Collection – Bonus Blocks

June 29, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
bonus blocks, love is love, pride fabric collection
6 comments

As I mentioned on Friday, the curve star blocks in the Sky Full of Stars quilt create great scraps that can easily be made into 5" finished drunkard's path bonus blocks. Each star can create 4 of the bonus blocks, so with 17 stars in the quilt top, that's a total of 68 bonus blocks. Score! I spent the weekend...

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21 Jun

Love is Love Fabric Collection Sky Full of Stars, Piecing Part 2

June 18, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
love is love, pride fabric collection, sky full of stars
6 comments

I'd like to continue and expand on the conversation about change that I only very briefly touched on last Friday. There are lots of reasons we, as human beings, can be resistant to change. The amygdala, a part of our brain, interprets change as a threat and releases the hormones for fear, fight, or flight. So our initial reactions to...

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18 Jun

Love is Love Fabric Collection Sky Full of Stars, Piecing Part 1

June 15, 2021
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
love is love, pride fabric collection, sky full of stars
4 comments

Without change, we are stagnant and do not grow. To transform, we have to accept and embrace change. There is so much about the process of creating a quilt that I enjoy. But nothing is quite as magical as seeing the transformation that occurs as a quilt top is pieced. Time to sew a few more seams so we can see...

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14 Jun

Hexie Block Finished {Old School BOM}

I can honestly say that I love handwork. I love hand binding quilts. I've done a little bit of English Paper Piecing (EPP), but only a few blocks. I don't think that doing EPP on a deadline would be a great idea for me, but having this one hexie EPP block in the Old School Block of the Month...

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11 Jun

Stripey Cartwheels Blocks {Old School BOM}

Since the April hexie block is going to take me some time to hand piece, after prepping and getting it ready for hand sewing, I went ahead and pieced the May block for the Old School block of the month sew along. The block for May is from Natalie Santini from Sew Hungry Hippie, and it's a fun two-for-one...

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07 Jun

Old School BOM – April Hexie Block

Once I had my sewing machine set up for quilting Pulsar, I stayed focused and only worked on finishing the quilting. That means that when I finished up the quilt, I was 2 months behind in the Old School Block of the Month sew along. Grateful to have smaller piecing projects to focus on, I started by turning my...

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