Modern Design Lab – Quilting Jetgirl

08 Jun

MDL Quilt Invitational Online Gallery

June 6, 2020
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Modern Design Lab, Online Gallery
7 comments

The Modern Design Lab Quilt Invitational Exhibition has opened. While the exhibit is planned to open for in-person appointments on June 17th, you can view the online gallery on the Greenville Center for Creative Arts website now! The MDL Quilt Invitational will be on display in the gallery and virtually through July 29th, 2020. Mill Challenge Collage Makers Top Row (L-R):...

26 May

Modern Design Lab

Modern Design Lab Quilt Exhibit

May 26, 2020
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
Greenville Center for Creative Arts (GCCA), MDL, Modern Design Lab
7 comments

About a year ago, the Modern Design Lab (MDL) submitted a quilt exhibit proposal to the Greenville (South Carolina) Center for Creative Arts (GCCA). The proposal was accepted, and a quilt show was scheduled for June 5 - July 29, 2020. Although GCCA will be limiting the number of people who can be in the building, with restrictions easing...

04 May

Modern Design Lab

MDL April Design Challenge Part 2

In total, there are 7 members of the Modern Design Lab, so after everyone submitted their block design for Part 1 of the April design challenge, it was time for me to try to use them as inspiration for a full quilt design. I do my computer design in Inkscape, so I pulled all the images into a new...

29 Apr

Modern Design Lab

MDL April Design Challenge Part 1

We were given a two part design challenge for April in the Modern Design Lab by Travis @travlis. The first part of the challenge was to create a square block design (nominally considered as 5" square finished) using our signature "style" and the color navy. We could use any medium we wanted for the design but we were encouraged...

13 Apr

2020 Finished Quilts

Trussed {MDL Mini Quilt Challenge Finish}

The April Aurifil Artisan prompt or challenge is to share about our favorite thread weight, and the Trussed mini quilt is a great example of my most used thread weight, 50wt, coupled with the fact that I love using other thread weights to accentuate details. When I last shared about the MDL Mini Quilt Challenge, I went through my...

16 Mar

Quilts

MDL Mini Quilt Challenge {Improv Piecing}

Earlier this month I shared my fabric pull and test block for the MDL mini quilt challenge. Since then I've had some time to work on some improv piecing for the quilt top and I wanted to share how that process evolved for me. In order to do that, I am going to back up a little bit and...

02 Mar

Modern Design Lab

MDL Mini Quilt Challenge {Design}

February 9, 2020
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
mini quilt, Modern Design Lab, quilt design
4 comments

After the bustle of the holidays, start of the new year, and QuiltCon, the Modern Design Lab group is looking ahead to our plans for this year. One of the first challenges in store for us this year is a mini quilt challenge. We will all be working to create a finished 15" square mini quilt (including binding) using...

23 Dec

2019 Finished Quilts

Pulsar {December MDL Finish}

December 27, 2019
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
Christmas Quilt, Holiday Project, Modern Design Lab, Pulsar
24 comments

Today I'm pleased to share how my December MDL Challenge and Aurifil Artisan Holiday Project quilt came together. Pulsar finished at 37 1/2 inches square. I used the four-at-a-time flying geese method to make all the geese units. The most time consuming part of putting the quilt top together was deciding how I wanted to set the corner units. After...

13 Dec

Quilt Design

December MDL Design Challenge

I had the honor of setting the challenge description for the December Modern Design Lab (MDL) design challenge. Instead of using a photo inspiration this month, I wanted the challenge to revolve around color, so when I found the Behr Color Trends for 2020, I thought they would be a great option for the challenge. We can choose to pull...

16 Nov

2019 Finished Quilts, Quilt Gallery

Scoop {November MDL Challenge}

February 7, 2020
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
baby quilt, finished quilt, Modern Design Lab, scoop
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I wasn't surprised to realize that I did not have enough fabric to make my initial November MDL Design Idea that I shared early last week. I didn't need to change much, and I have to admit that I really liked how the design evolved with just those few changes. After getting the design modified for the fabric I had...

04 Nov

Quilt Design

November Inspiration & Design {Modern Design Lab}

October 27, 2019
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
Modern Design Lab, quilt design, quilt inspiration
11 comments

The design group in which I have been participating now has a name: Modern Design Lab (MDL)! I like the group name and how well it describes our activities together. For November, instead of an inspiration image taken by one of our members, we were given an image of a magazine cover to use as inspiration. The email that contained...

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.