The Quilt Skipper

quilting makes me skip for joy

Jenny K Lyon

Quilting makes me skip for joy

PIQF Part 1-World Quilt Collection Photos

I was able to spend the tiniest bit of time last week at the Pacific International Quilt Festival  in Santa Clara. I’ve split my images into two posts: here I have included photos of the “World Quilt Competition XV: On Tour” section as well as the “A Slice of Oz” exhibit by Gloria Loughman. The name […]

Traveling and Paducah

I recently had the pleasure of taking a trip to Paducah, Kentucky where I took a class from Diane Gaudynski. Paducah is the Mother Ship of Quilting, home to the National Quilt Museum as well at the infamous Paducah Quilt Festival held each April. My travels took me to the new terminal at Sacramento Int’l Airport which […]

Red Letter Day!

Monday was a Red Letter Day! I traveled to Oakland Hills, Ca for a Studio Art Quilt Associates critique session. Before the critique session began, we stopped by the Creative Framing and Art Gallery in Oakland to see SAQA NorCal Rep Franki Kohler’s work there. What a fabulous collection! Franki uses  hand dyed fabrics as well […]

Come See My Work!

I am showing my work for the first time in a gallery-I’m so excited! I delivered my piece “Renewal” yesterday to the Cinema Place Gallery in Hayward, Ca for their “QuiltEssential Event“. From Sept 12-Nov 21 the gallery will be filled with high quality fiber art from Northern California-don’t miss this show!Once I arrived at […]

Elk Grove Quilt Show

It’s Fall Quilt Show Season! I’ve never been to the Elk Grove Quilt Show before and it was a wonderful show. The location has good lighting and plenty of room to see the quilts-a rarity. There were quite a few gorgeous applique quilts on display-apparently an Applique Mini-Group chose Piece ‘O Cakes Design’s “Millie’s Garden” […]

Free Motion Daisy Fill Tutorial

At last-a tutorial on the Daisy Fill! Many of you at the International Quilt Festival-Long Beach Saturday Night Sampler wanted to know how to do this one. I promised I would post a tutorial. It’s a fun and easy motif to do and you’ll find it useful in many situations. Let’s go! 1. I start with just […]