The Quilt Skipper

quilting makes me skip for joy

Jenny K Lyon

Quilting makes me skip for joy

Blocking Saw Tooth Star

Did you know that even famous, “perfect” quilters have to block their quilts so that they hang straight? They do! I routinely expect to block my quilts. Saw Tooth Star, well, this poor baby really needed a blocking: it had over a 1″  variance in width and the whole quilt is only about 46 1/2″ “square” (square […]

Free Motion Quilting Challenge-February

I’ve entered the Free Motion Quilting Challenge over at SewCalGal’s blog and I’m posting my February challenge. This surely must be the only thing I am ahead of deadline on so I’m quite pleased with myself. Although I do have a lot of experience with free motion, I was intrigued by the challenge because each […]

24 Inches…..an Hour

I’m a counter-I count things, I just can’t help it. So when I was bubble quilting away on the border of my Saw Tooth Star, I kept thinking, this is taking for-ev-er. So of course, I had to measure just how slowly it was going and sure enough, my pace was exactly 24″ an hour. […]

Wahoo and A Book Review

First the “wahoo”: I will again be presenting at the Saturday Night Sampler at International Quilt Festival-Long Beach on July 28th! Last year’s Saturday Night Sampler was a blast and it was one of my favorite teaching moments of the year. I loved the crowd there, meeting people from all over the world and feeling […]

Assembled Slice Quilt

Wahoo-Margo Wilson sent a photo to me of our Slice Quilt assembled-thank you! I don’t have detail shots-several of us are still doing finishing work and Donna is constructing some of hers. The artists are (l to rt) Anita Marshall, myself, Margo Wilson and Donna Brennan. We are all members of the Folsom Quilt and Fiber Guild and […]

Slice Quilt Finished-Almost

My Wayne Thiebaud slice quilt is done except for some final quilting and a hanging sleeve. My group met last night for the reveal-what a thrill! I forgot my camera and phone so no photos of the assembled quilt-ugh. It will show in 2 weeks and I will have photos then. My Slice Mates made me feel quite […]