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Jenny K Lyon

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Visiting the Quilters Etc guild and a Work In Process

October 5, 2023

  Last weekend I flew into Santa Barbara and drove about an  hour northwest to Lompoc (now that is pronounced lom-poke!). It was a beautiful drive through the San Ynez River Valley. The Quilters Etc guild brought me in for a lecture and a sheers workshop. The guild provided me with a rental car (thank […]

Filed Under: Guild Engagements, Life, Quilts and Art Quilts, Teaching Free Motion Quilting

A fun visit to the Sierra Gold Quilters Guild

June 15, 2023

  I had a fun visit to Amador County, “Gold Country”. It takes about an hour on mostly 2 lane roads to get to Pioneer, CA. The drive was so pretty – lots of flowers, a bit of still green grass and fields of grazing cattle. But no photos while I was driving! The grass […]

Filed Under: Guild Engagements, Quilts and Art Quilts, Teaching Free Motion Quilting

Visits to Chico and Paso Robles, CA

February 9, 2023

I had two back-to-back in-person engagements this week and I am so happy to be teaching in person again! I truly love to teach, and I’m happy to teach virtually or in-person, each has its advantages. I started out in Chico with an evening lecture for the Annie’s Star Quilt Guild, a vibrant guild of […]

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Success, bleeding, failure and unexpected resurrection

March 24, 2022

It’s been an up and down week. After months of dithering, I took the chance and tried to remove the blue wash out marks from my WHITE SILK quilt with cotton backing, cotton fabrics and wool batting. How’s that for a complicated mix. Oh, did I mention, there were several bleeders in there? I have […]

Filed Under: Guild Engagements, Quilts and Art Quilts, Teaching Free Motion Quilting

Packing, memories and teaching

September 23, 2021

NOTE: No blog or newsletter next week as I will be traveling and teaching. This will be a short post as I am getting ready for my 10-day trip to Montana. This is trickier than I thought to pack for 2 different teaching venues – one south and one north, 4 different places to stay, fabulous […]

Filed Under: Guild Engagements, Life, Quilts and Art Quilts, Teaching Free Motion Quilting

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