Quilting Jetgirl

24 Apr

Quilts for Boston

The Boston Modern Quilt Guild is accepting blocks to make into quilts for those in need after the Boston Marathon bombing. Read more about their call for Quilts for Boston, and be sure to get your blocks made and submitted by May 24, 2013. I certainly know what I'll be working on this weekend. It plays to my stash strengths -...

07 Apr

2013 Finished Quilts, Quilts

Christmas Placemats

I'm starting to think about creating items to make available for purchase. In that vein, I have been buying specialty fabric at after season sales. I just finished a set of 4 Christmas themed placemats. Maybe one day I'll have enough backlog of quilts and quilted items (like these placemats) to open an Etsy shop. Who knows! Regardless, I...

31 Mar

2013 Finished Quilts, Quilts

Modern Stained Glass

I finally went back and did something with my UFO blocks that I made in 2008. Yay! I pieced them together (using left over Kona solid fabrics from the QuiltCon Block challenge) in preparation for getting my new sewing machine. I wanted a lot of open space so that I could focus on free motion quilting. I call this quilt "Modern Stained...

08 Mar

Sewing Project

Sailplane Control Stick Boot

Well, I was *so* excited to get my new sewing machine, and a friend from work was excited to know someone with a sewing machine... so I quickly sewed up a boot for his sailplane control stick tonight. I guess you never know what you might get into. :) The cat hair comes free of charge. heh.

05 Mar

Sewing Project

I’m So Excited!!!!!

I was soooo good today. I waited until work was over to go pick up my new sewing machine from the UPS depot that is less than a mile away from my desk. I even drove by the building several times throughout the day... OK, yes, so I did try to stop in once and the door was locked......

03 Mar

Quilts

QuiltCon Block Challenge – Quilts for Austin Children’s Shelter

I made 3 blocks for the QuiltCon Block Challenge, and they are part of quilts that are going to be donated to the Austin Children's Shelter. I was not able to view these quilts while I was a QuiltCon, but I've found images of some of the quilts online. Below are two that have a block that I made...

02 Mar

MQG Event (Modern Quilt Guild)

QuiltCon 2013

I had such a great time in Austin, TX, at QuiltCon 2013. First of all, I love Austin. Michael and I got married there, and we loved living in the middle of downtown. I would move back to Austin in a skinny minute if there was anything there that we would be happy to be gainfully employed doing. Getting to go...

02 Mar

Quilts

More Fun Photos!

I *love* getting pictures of the things I've made being used. It's such a warm squishy feeling to get to see and share these photos!

03 Feb

2013 Finished Quilts, Quilts

Roundabout for Lauren

I am super excited to say that I've completed my first quilt of 2013. As mentioned in previous posts, I am working through some of Weeks' and Bill's amazing patterns in "Quilts Made Modern". Over Thanksgiving, I got to visit with my lovely sister-in-law, Lauren. I really wanted to make her a lap quilt, so we went fabric shopping!...

30 Jan

MQG Event (Modern Quilt Guild)

QuiltCon 2013 Linky Party

The Modern Quilt Guild has a post about connecting the people going to QuiltCon (it's so soon!), and I wanted to participate! Here I am: And the five things about me… 1) It was super hard to pick out a photo of me to post. I was all gung ho to participate and then I almost didn't because I couldn't find a photo I...

26 Jan

2013 Finished Quilts, Quilts

Placemats for Steph and Todd

My sister-in-law and her significant other have a beautiful fiestaware collection. They did not have placemats for their dining, and I got excited about making them lovely placemats to coordinate! They requested 4 placemats, and after playing around with several ideas, I decided to make each placemat a brilliant color in the hopes they could mix and match their...

04 Dec

2012 Finished Quilts, Quilts

Transparency Quilt from “Quilts Made Modern”

As I mentioned in my last post (Modern Mystery Quilt), I have several quilt projects in the works using Weeks' and Bill's book "Quilts Made Modern". I just completed my first project - the transparency quilt. I have been wanting to make a large quilt for my bed at home to replace the quilt I made at the beginning...

02 Dec

2012 Finished Quilts, Quilts

Modern Mystery Quilt

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Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr, authors of Quilts Made Modern and pioneers in the modern quilt movement, designed a modern mystery quilt that was revealed in six weekly installments beginning September 12, 2012. I followed along and had fun making this mystery quilt and busting some of my fabric stash. I have several new quilt projects in the works, and...

25 Nov

2012 Finished Quilts, Quilts

Placemats

I've been meaning to make a quick set of 4 placemats for a while. I stumbled on a placemat pattern from Alissa, a Modern Quilt Guild member, and before I knew it, I had 4 placemats. Yay! A word of advice when quilting these placemats - it is really easy to pull the horizontal line around if you quilt with vertical lines like...

27 Oct

2012 Finished Quilts, Quilts

Tic-Tac Quilt

I started this quilt back in April when I was in between other projects. It is a stash buster, but I don't think I really depleted much of my stash... :) Well, I had a few baby quilts I wanted to get done so I sent this one off to by quilted by someone else. And then I got...

21 Oct

2012 Finished Quilts, Quilts

Wonky Log Cabin

Using a very popular tutorial: Tallgrass Prairie Studio: Wonky Log Cabin, I set out to learn how to be more free-form in creating quilt blocks. I actually started this process in early August, and the lesson served me very well in creating the Woodland Creatures Quilt! Since I was using this as a learning piece, other things got in the...

21 Oct

Quilts

Yay for Quilts!

I am always very happy to receive photos of the quilts I have made being loved by being used!

21 Oct

Sewing Project

Quilt Display Ladder

October 21, 2012
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For my birthday, my husband and I made a quilt display ladder. I am super happy with how it turned out. As you can see from the Woodland Creatures post, I think it will help me take better photos of my finished quilts along with be an attractive way for me display some of my work here at home.

21 Oct

MQG Event (Modern Quilt Guild)

QuiltCon Block Challenge – Finished Raffle Quilt

October 21, 2012
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While the blocks I submitted to the QuiltCon Block Challenge were not selected for the raffle quilt, I have to say that I am very excited with how the finished raffle quilt turned out and how many wonderful submissions there were! I might just love the pieced backing the most!! The entire process of reading the daily posts of all the submitted...

09 Sep

2012 Finished Quilts, Quilts

Woodland Creatures Baby Quilt

This quilt was based around a super cute woodland animal print fabric purchased fromSpoonflower. All other fabrics were purchased to coordinate with the animal print, and this was a super fun quilt to piece together. The backing is a flannel fabric - this baby is due in November, so hopefully this quilt will get lots of snuggly use!

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Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
Quilter | Designer | Tech Editor | Blogger

I seek to change active, generous, caring creatives who want to learn to quilt or improve their quilting skills into people who approach quilting with joy. Into people who recognize that quilting creates connections and builds community. I seek to help you become excited about every step of the quilting process. To make quilts that you are proud of. Thanks for joining me. I can’t wait to see the quilts you are going to create.

In her earlier career, Yvonne worked as an aerospace engineer until April 2014 when she radically redesigned her life to focus on her physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. Her company name, Quilting Jetgirl, is a blend of her professional histories and the tagline “Sewing at the Speed of Sound” is a nod to her work on the second privately funded (non-government) vehicle to break the sound barrier. She has been quilting for 20+ years and credits quilting with helping her feel balanced and connected to both her local hometown community and a larger global community.