I am currently only booking for virtual lectures / trunk shows / workshops. Please email me at yvonne(at)quiltingjetgirl(dot)com if you are interested in having me lecture or teach at your upcoming event.
2021
February 2, 2021 – Virtual Lecture for Old Tippecanoe Quilt Guild
February 18-22, 2021 – 3 Workshops and a Panel Lecture for QuiltCon Together
March 11, 2021 – Virtual Lecture for Kansas City Modern Quilt Guild
April 15, 2021 – Virtual Lecture for Grimsby Quilters Guild
April 26 & 27, 2021 – Virtual Lecture and Workshop for Santa Clara Valley Quilt Guild
May 20-22, 2021 – Virtual Lecture and Workshops for Desert Quilters of Nevada
2020
February 21, 2020 – QuiltCon, Austin, TX
April 10, 2020 – Design Freely with Inkscape (MQG Webinar)
May 15, 2020 – Virtual Lecture for Bay Area Modern, Palo Alto, CA
July 16, 2020 – Fort Worth Modern Quilt Guild
July 30, 2020 – Beyond the Drunkard’s Path (MQG Webinar)
November 8, 2020 – Virtual Lecture for Gulf Coast Modern Quilt Guild
November 10, 2020 – Virtual Lecture for Surfside Quilters Guild
November 12, 2020 – Virtual Lecture for Niagara Modern Quilt Guild
November 21, 2020 – Virtual Lecture for Houston Modern Quilt Guild
2019
February 24, 2019 – QuiltCon, Nashville, TN
March 25 & 26 – Bear Valley Quilt Guild, Los Osos, CA
April 11 & 12, 2019 – Hot Springs Village Quilt Guild, Hot Springs, AR
June 26-29 – Vermont Quilt Festival, Burlington, VT
2018
April 12, 2018 – Spring Creek Quilts, Cookeville, TN
June 25 & 30, 2018 – Valley Modern Quilt Guild
October 12 & 13, 2018 – Greenville Modern Quilt Guild
2017
March 26, 2017 – Quilting on Your Domestic Machine (4 hours) Bolts in the Bathtub, Lancaster, CA
June 2017 – Filming for Fresh Quilting Season 2
2016
September 18, 2016 – Quilting on Your Domestic Machine (4 hours) Bolts in the Bathtub, Lancaster, CA
October 3, 2016 – Trunk Show, Tehachapi Mountain Quilters, Tehachapi, CA
December 3, 2016 – Triangle Transparency (6 hours) Bolts in the Bathtub, Lancaster, CA
One on One Triangle Transparency Workshop Time
Available Virtual Workshops After April 1st, 2021
Mini Mini Quilts
Exploring Design Constraints: Mini Mini Quilts
Half Day Workshop (3 hours)
If you are anything like me, my batting scraps and scrap bin are often begging to be used, and Mini Mini Quilts offer a lot of fun opportunities for creative play! One of the tools I use to unlock creativity blocks or lack of sewjo are small projects, and in this workshop, we will explore the fun realm of Mini Mini Quilts (finished quilts with an edge length of approximately 4″ or smaller). The workshop will cover a bit of quilt design in the form of discussion about design constraints (for example, a limited or expansive color palette). We will explore the balance between full design development and improvisation. I will specifically teach my approach to binding these small finishes and offer fun quilting considerations. I can’t wait to see the quilts you are going to create!
Quilt Design
Quilt Design
Half Day Workshop (3 hours)
Combining discussion and exercises, I will walk you through considerations to help you find your best design process, environment, and tools for creating quilt designs. The workshop will explore common design considerations and techniques such as design constraints, sources of inspiration, and design for commission. The exercises will be geared to help you learn about yourself while exploring different approaches to quilt design. The workshop is not geared toward supporting a specific design software, but it is structured as a hands-on, visual approach to considering design through using pencil and paper. Additional trips and suggestions will be given for software use that are not program specific, but I will not be able to offer technical support or assistance for design software during the workshop. I believe that you are creative and that the secret to success is to show up, try, learn, modify, and repeat. This workshop is structured to help you learn how to build, modify, and grow your quilt design process and confidence.
Thread Painting
Thread Painting
Full Day Workshop (6 hours)
The goal of the Thread Painting workshop is to unlock your creativity through a new method to use and explore. The workshop will focus on developing thread painting design and quilting skills from sample quilting to a small mini quilt. I will walk you through how to start from an inspiration image or idea, how to break down your quilting approach, and important other considerations to enable you to turn your next project into a work of art. Topics include image selection and preparation, template making, background layout, thread selection (color, value, and thread weight), quilting motif selection and stitch length, and minimizing distortion. Note that this workshop requires a quilter who is comfortable and confident free motion quilting on their domestic machine.
Available Lectures / Virtual Lectures
Transparency Fabric Selection Tips & Tricks
45 minute lecture and Q&A
Transparency quilts are a favorite design technique, and I talk about what inspires me to design using the technique and how to approach fabric selection when you are working with or wanting to make a transparency quilt. The talk includes tips and tricks on how to use common technology to your benefit when shopping online or in person. This is a great discussion to have the day before a Triangle Transparency or Wayward Transparency class and if it is scheduled before a class, I would be thrilled to have people bring fabric selections they are considering for their class project to discuss afterwards as time allows.
Trunk Show
45 minute lecture and Q&A
Through her trunk show, Yvonne will share her first quilts that she made over 25 years ago and how she evolved and eventually found her creative “voice” and style. Through lots of detailed photos and discussion, Yvonne will aim to highlight techniques that will inspire you to try something new or find the joy in a finished, if not perfect, quilt.
Quilt Pattern Design in Inkscape
45 minute lecture and Q&A
Inkscape is a free, open source, professional vector graphics editor for Linux, Windows and macOS. I walk through the basics needed for using Inkscape for quilt pattern design; from installation, set up, tools, and using fabric swatches for patterning.
Sky Full of Stars Piecing Detail
Beyond the Drunkard’s Path
45-60 minute lecture and Q&A
This is an action packed lecture aimed to inspire! I discuss many different methods and techniques for adding curves to your quilt projects: from improvisation to applique to using rulers to make more than the Drunkard’s path block, this lecture aims to inspire you to get creative and get curvy.
Aurifilosophy – All About Thread!
90-120 minute lecture and trunk show
Are you ready to achieve brilliant results with all the amazing weights of luscious Aurifil thread? I’ll share a structured presentation and large trunk of Aurifil projects (many quilted on my home / domestic machine) that were pieced and quilted exclusively with Aurifil thread.
We will cover thread basics, including information on weight and ply, spool positioning, bobbin thread weight considerations, needles, and tension settings. Packed with helpful tips and tricks, I’ll share projects and photos aimed to inspire and expand your use of Aurifil threads on all your quilting projects. Each program attendee will receive a small spool of thread and an Aurifil Product Brochure*.
You’ll leave inspired with your new knowledge!
*Note that program SWAG will be sent to the hosting organization after each virtual event after an accurate headcount of attendance can be made. It will be the responsibility of each hosting organization to safely distribute items once received.