tips and tricks tuesday – Quilting Jetgirl

17 Mar

Modern Mountain Quilt {Tutorial}

April 7, 2018
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
lap and baby quilt tutorial, modern mountain quilt tutorial, quilt tutorial, tips and tricks tuesday
13 comments

I had an absolute blast designing and finishing the Out of the Woods quilt. It is such a fun, graphic design! I received a request for information on how I put the quilt top together, and so I thought I would make a tutorial to share. This tutorial has instructions for both a lap and baby size quilt top....

10 Mar

Free Motion Quilting Tutorials

FMQing Trees {Tutorial}

April 7, 2018
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
fmq trees, free motion quilting trees, quilting tutorial, tips and tricks tuesday, tree quilting design, tree quilting pattern, tutorial
15 comments

For my "Out of the Woods" quilt, I wanted to add a forest of trees to a large, graphic mountain I had pieced. My idea was to use straight lines for tree trunks in combination with back and forth lines to create the tree branches. My hope was that these would resemble pine trees or the majestic Redwoods (both...

03 Mar

Free Motion Quilting Tutorials

Tying Off {Tutorial}

April 7, 2018
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
quilting tutorial, tips and tricks tuesday, tutorial, tying off video tutorial
14 comments

While I was at QuiltCon, I learned a new technique for pulling the bobbin thread to the top of a quilt to ease in tying off threads when you are at the end of an area of quilting. I turned this tip into a YouTube video tutorial. It was a new technique for me, and I can see it...

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.