Posts by Jenny
Visions Art Museum, San Diego
NOTE: I won’t be sending a newsletter this week. Also, I have a separate post here in which I write about my Christmas visit to San Diego. Lucky me! Hubby and son went golfing, so I Ubered down to the Visions Art Museum to tour their current textile exhibits. The main current exhibit was “Quilt…
Read MoreQuilt Coat toile and a little bit of life around the Lyon home
I am skilled at taking something simple and making it complex. So, the quilt coat…. First, what pattern to use? I didn’t want darts, fancy seaming or lots of pieces. After culling through my existing patterns, I settled on the Tamarack by Grainline. I initially rejected it because it has a curved hem. I am…
Read MoreQuilt Coat and other adventures – Part 1, “It’s Rachel’s fault”
I started my quilt coat. And I’ve made some odd decisions that I must explain. Unfortunately the instructor for the class is ill, so I decided to forge ahead on my own. I may be doing several stupid things😊 First, a story. I was Program Chair for my local quilt guild, the Folsom Quilt and…
Read MoreThis ‘n that – Thanksgiving and beyond
I am cobbling this together at the last minute. My world has not stopped spinning since before Thanksgiving and I keep on thinking it will slow down! My Thanksgiving was wonderful! Both sons and my Daughter-in-Law were here and it was a cozy family holiday. Our Grandson has reached a new development stage and it…
Read MoreHouston Int’l Quilt Festival 2022 – The Quilts, Part 2
NOTE: I may take Thanksgiving week off, not yet sure. After spending many hours poring through my photos of the Houston show, purging the bad ones, deciding on which to postthen resizing and fixing each in Photo Shop, I chose to show the following quilts. Later, I discovered an entire stash of photos that…
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