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03 Jan

Foothills Mystery Quilt {Whole and Half Hourglass Blocks}

January 3, 2015
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
block piecing, foothills mystery quilt, four-patch blocks, hourglass blocks, WiP, Work in Progress
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It is the beginning of another month, and Cheryl @Meadow Mist Designs has released the next set of instructions for the Foothills Mystery Quilt. In my excitement for the New Year, I jumped right on the instructions this month and I got the blocks done on New Year's Day! Cheryl let us know that this is the last month for...

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04 Dec

Foothills Mystery Quilt {Hourglass and Four-Patch Blocks}

December 4, 2014
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
block piecing, foothills mystery quilt, four-patch blocks, hourglass blocks, WiP, Work in Progress
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It is the beginning of another month, and Cheryl @ Meadow Mist Designs has released the next set of instructions for the Foothills Mystery Quilt. I jumped right on the instructions this month and I got the blocks done the day the instructions showed up in my inbox. I am finding it hard to believe that it is the end of...

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25 Nov

Tessellated Leaves {Flimsy Finish}

April 4, 2016
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
flimsy finish, queen sized quilt, tessellated leaves, WiP, Work in Progress
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I finished piecing together Tessellated Leaves this morning. I really love how it came together! Photographing this large quilt is a bit of a challenge. At 104ʺ wide by 116ʺ long, I wasn't sure that I even had a space in my home where I could lay it out flat, but as you can see below, I found a...

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19 Nov

Tessellated Leaves – Two Thirds {WiP}

April 4, 2016
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
queen size quilt, quilt top piecing, tessellated leaves, WiP, wip wednesday, Work in Progress
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I have just finished piecing 6 of the 9 rows that make up the main body of Tessellated Leaves, bringing the progress up to two-thirds of the way complete. I just love how the colors are blending together. I selected 36 fabrics for this quilt, and I am done using 20 of them. It feels great to be able to clear...

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15 Nov

Foothills Mystery Quilt {Diamond Blocks}

November 15, 2014
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
block piecing, diamond blocks, foothills mystery quilt, WiP, Work in Progress
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After about a 2 week hiatus from sewing due to unexpected life events and being without my sewing machine, I was really thankful for the November instructions for the Foothills Mystery Quilt from Cheryl@Meadow Mist Designs. This month we combined the Square in a Square blocks made in October with many of the HSTs made in September to create...

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29 Oct

Tessellated Leaves – One Third {WiP}

April 4, 2016
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
queen size quilt, quilt top piecing, tessellated leaves, WiP, wip wednesday, Work in Progress
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I have pieced one third of the Tessellated Leaves quilt top (3 rows). The rows went together very nicely, and I have only had to go back and replace one mis-made HST along the way so far. I taped the completed third up as high on my wall as I could reach (standing on my kitchen chairs), and I...

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03 Oct

Foothills Mystery Quilt {Square in a Square}

October 3, 2014
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
block piecing, foothills mystery quilt, square in a square, WiP, Work in Progress
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We just rolled our calendars over to October, which means another set of instructions have been posted for the Foothills Mystery Quilt hosted by Cheryl @ Meadow Mist Designs. You can check out my previous history in the Mystery Quilt series in these posts: Foothills Mystery Quilt {Fabric Selection} (July 2014) Foothills Mystery Quilt {Fabric Cutting} (August 2014) Foothills Mystery Quilt {HSTs} (September 2014) This month, we are...

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09 Sep

Foothills Mystery Quilt {HSTs}

September 9, 2014
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
block piecing, foothills mystery quilt, half square triangles, hst, hsts, WiP, Work in Progress
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We just rolled our calendars over to another month, which means another set of instructions have been posted in the Foothills Mystery Quilt hosted by Cheryl @ Meadow Mist Designs. You can check out my previous history in the Mystery Quilt series in these posts: Foothills Mystery Quilt {Fabric Selection} Foothills Mystery Quilt {Fabric Cutting} This month, we are to make 144 Half...

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20 Aug

Three Flocks {Flimsy Finish}

April 4, 2016
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
flimsy finish, three flocks, WiP, wip wednesday, work in progess
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I am super pleased with how my twin sized (65" wide by 88" long) Three Flocks (by Brigit Gail) quilt top has finished out! You can read more about the quilt top in my original Three Flocks {WiP} post from last week. Today, I am just going to let you scroll through my set of photos from the quilt piecing process....

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13 Aug

Three Flocks {WiP}

April 4, 2016
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
green and pink quilt, spring flowers, three flocks, twin size quilt, WiP, wip wednesday, Work in Progress
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Just as I was finishing up Orange Crush at the beginning of the week, I started wondering what I would be working on next. Usually I have a plan, or some kind of inspiration, or a commission, or *some* seed of an idea about what project I want to work on next, but even with some fabric bundles bought...

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05 Aug

Orange Crush {Backing}

April 4, 2016
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
flimsy finish, orange crush, pieced top, quilt top, WiP, Work in Progress
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After making so many drawstring bags, I started itching to work on a quilt project over the weekend. On Saturday afternoon, I pulled out Orange Crush. After a lot of back and forth on whether I wanted to add a border to the top or not, I auditioned some Kona White and Kona Bone as a simple border for the top. The pure...

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23 Jul

Space Age Tumbling Blocks {WiP Wednesday}

April 4, 2016
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
basted quilt, flimsy finish, space age tumbling blocks, WiP, wip wednesday, Work in Progress
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I completed the quilt top for Space Age Tumbling Blocks on Tuesday morning, and I love how similar the concept image created in EQ5 is to the actual quilt top. Including fabric prep, the quilt top took me 9.5 hours to get to this point, and pre-quilting, it measures 62" across by 75" down. The backing went together very quickly...

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22 Jul

Space Age Tumbling Blocks – Almost a Flimsy Finish

April 4, 2016
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
quilt assembly timelapse, space age tumbling blocks, timelapse, WiP, Work in Progress
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I had enough energy to sew for 3 hours on Monday, which almost was enough to complete the Space Age Tumbling Blocks quilt top. I might have over extended myself a bit between housework, sewing, and exercise yesterday, though. So I think my goal for today on the quilt top will be to just get the border on the...

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18 Jul

Space Age Tumbling Blocks

April 4, 2016
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
quilt piecing, space age tumbling blocks, tumbling block quilt, WiP, Work in Progress
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I took my time carefully cutting all the pieces for this quilt top, because I knew that after the cutting prep, it would be all about consistent seam allowance and no more trimming! It took me 3 hours to get all the pieces cut and assembled. The first 2 columns took me an hour to put together. The second set of...

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17 Jul

Orange Crush and Space Age Tumbling Blocks

April 4, 2016
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
commissioned quilt, flimsy finish, orange crush, pieced quilt top, space age, space age tumbling blocks, WiP, Work in Progress
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I was able to finish piecing the Orange Crush quilt top on Wednesday. I am pleasantly surprised with how well my points turned out. It is definitely ORANGE! As I was piecing, I only found one location where the same fabric touched (which I was trying to avoid), so not too shabby. It has taken 13 hours to get...

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15 Jul

Orange Crush

April 4, 2016
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
color gradation, lap quilt, modern quilt, ombre quilt, orange crush, rocket quilt, space age, space age tumbling blocks, WiP, Work in Progress
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When I was commissioned to make a set of placemats to match a wedding registry dinnerware set (Orange, Jade, and Cocoa Custom Placemat Order), I kicked off an obsession with the color orange! I stopped by Joann Fabrics on Saturday to pick up a few essentials (thread, some Kona solids), and I noticed they were having a really great...

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11 Jul

Quilt Tutorials, Quilts

Owl City {A Baby Quilt Tutorial}

April 7, 2018
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
baby quilt, modern quilt, modern quilt pattern, pieced quilt top, tutorial, WiP, Work in Progress
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My local fabric store was offering 30% off all fabric in their store to celebrate the 4th of July. While I really wanted to purchase much more fabric than I did, I had a budget and I stuck to it. Looking around the store, I noticed that they had just received some really cute owl prints. I chose my...

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08 Jul

Namibia Trees {Quilting Detail}

April 4, 2016
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
fmq, free motion quilting, lap quilt, modern quilt, modern quilting, namibia trees, quilt pattern, WiP, Work in Progress
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I really loved how the quilt top for Namibia Trees turned out, and I wanted to spend more time thinking about the quilting than I normally do. Instead of an all-over quilting design, I wanted to do something a bit more around the tree panels themselves. I have never really quilted a meandering, rounded, stipple pattern, so why not start...

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05 Jul

Namibia Trees {WiP}

July 5, 2014
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
design, modern quilt, namibia trees, quilt design, quilt inspiration, WiP, Work in Progress
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I had about a yard of Bella's Poppy Lind Fabric by Lotta Jansdotter for Windham Fabrics (in orange) left over from the backing on the Pink Tumbling Block Baby Quilt I made about a year ago. When I was pulling orange fabrics for the Orange, Jade, and Cocoa Placemats, I re-discovered this fun fabric in my stash. After completing the...

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25 Jun

MQG Event (Modern Quilt Guild), QuiltCon 2015, Quilts

Positive Nap Quilt {Pieced Top / WiP}

April 4, 2016
Posted by Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl
blue white quilt, lap quilt, modern quilt, Modern Quilt Guild, nap quilt, pieced quilt top, positive nap quilt, positivity, WiP, Work in Progress
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Even with all the QuiltCon 2015 registration distractions yesterday, I was able to finish piecing the blocks for the Positive Nap Quilt. I really enjoyed spending time arranging the blocks. I wasn't sure it was going to be possible, but I was able to keep a fabric from repeating in each row and column. Even better, I was able...

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.