The Quilt Skipper

quilting makes me skip for joy

Jenny K Lyon

Quilting makes me skip for joy

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 […]

From Shred to Slice

I temporarily abandoned my thread shredding adventure with Saw Tooth Star to work on a slice quilt that is due, gasp, next week. One of the art groups I am a part of, Quartz, is taking a Wayne Thiebaud painting (with permission) and a group of 4 of us is each doing a slice (section) of […]

Trials and Tribulations While Shredding Thread

I’m writing from the depths of thread shred hell and have accumulated what I call “thread shred cred(entials)”. Right after my last post on how well my work with metallic wrapped silk thread was going, it started shredding. At that point I had put in at least 4 shred-free hours when all of a sudden […]

Saw Tooth Star Progress

Just when I thought I had my design decisions made and I was ready for that delightful phase of feathering up the surface of the quilt, I decided I didn’t like my thread choice after all. Look:I love Aurifil 28 wt cotton thread, but I think in this case it gives the motif a “ghosty” […]

Saw Tooth Star-Lessons Learned

My little 3-block Saw Tooth Star hanging is done! I’ve been waiting to put up a post, waiting to get my camera back from repair. It’s going to be a  few more days, so this post has some pretty poor photos-Duct Tape Nikon and my i-phone are all I have.I finished my Saw Tooth Star […]