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27 Mar

2023 Finished Quilts

Night Garden {Finished Quilt}

My hands are happy to say that I finished hand binding the queen size Night Garden quilt and it is complete! A 90" wide by 100" tall quilt was much, much larger than my husband could reasonably hold up. Some friends stopped by at the end of last week, and I was musing about what I could do to hold...

27 Feb

Quilts

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...

13 Feb

Quilts

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...

16 Dec

Quilts

Night Garden {Fabric}

December 14, 2022
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
night garden
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The fabric I ordered to make the two color, queen size version of Night Garden for my sister- and brother-in-law has arrived! I will be using Kona Cotton in Royal and Oyster. I love these colors, so I know this is going to be a really fun project for me! Since this is going to be a large quilt (90" x...

28 Nov

Life, Quilts

Night Garden Bonus Quilts & Cyber Monday Deals

November 23, 2022
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
cyber monday, cyber monday sales, night garden
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I had a lot of fun coming up with bonus quilt design ideas for Night Garden over the weekend, and I'd love to know what you think about what I've decided. I started out with the Night Garden throw size quilts (shown above as a reference). The Night Garden throw size quilt finishes at 66" square. I really love how the...

25 Nov

Life, Quilts

Night Garden & Black Friday Deals

November 21, 2022
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
black friday deals, black friday sale, night garden
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About a year ago, I sat down for a few days and doodled up a bunch of different quilt ideas. Meringue was the first quilt that I made based on those sketches, and I'm about to start working on the next quilt from that design session. I call this design Night Garden, and I think when you see my...

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.