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24 Jul

2015 Finished Quilts, Quilts

HST Scrap Quilt {Finished Quilt}

April 7, 2018
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
completed quilt, finished quilt, hst quilt, riley blake fabric, scrap quilt, the cottage garden
30 comments

I really love how the HST Scrap quilt came together! I went with much less dense quilting than I have been using lately and focused on using dot to dot techniques along with other straight line quilting patterns to hopefully enhance the geometric design of the quilt while leaving it very soft and fluffy. For comparison, the photo above is...

17 Jul

Quilts

HST Scrap Quilt {Flimsy Finish}

July 17, 2015
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
flimsy finish, hst quilt, riley blake fabric, scrap quilt, the cottage garden fabric
23 comments

The process of making the Lucent quilt / MQG Riley Blake Fabric Challenge quilt left me with 36 large HSTs. I pressed them, then I squared them to 8.5-inches, and I had a lot of fun playing around with the layouts. I wanted to keep the prints oriented "right side up" in the layout, but I still came up...

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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.