The Quilt Skipper

quilting makes me skip for joy

Jenny K Lyon

Quilting makes me skip for joy

Whisper Challenge Quilt-SAQA

I participated in the year-long Studio Art Quilt Associates Whisper Challenge and since the “reveal” happened last month, I can now post photos of my challenge quilt. Our Whisper Challenge starts with a photo and each team member is assigned a month. The January person makes a quilt inspired by the original photo and then […]

Superior University/Fabric Cards

Late last year I joined Superior University, a yearlong series of lessons and activities hosted by Superior Threads-it sounded like fun! A monthly charge ($17) covers supplies and shipping for each project which should take 60-90 minutes. You can join any time. Of course they are creating projects that use their products and I’m fine with […]

Male Call: Quilts Made By Men (Golden, CO)

I was recently in the Denver area and had just a little time to visit the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum and tour their current show: “Male Call: Quilts Made By Men”. It was very interesting to see a collection of quilts made from the masculine viewpoint. I was surprised that the majority were hand quilted! […]

Daisy Fill Vest

I need to finish my Saw Tooth Star but I got really excited about an idea I’ve had in my head for awhile. What would happen if I did a large-scale Daisy Fill all over a garment and then cut out the negative space in-between the daisies? I just had to pursue that!It is taking longer […]

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 […]