The Quilt Skipper

quilting makes me skip for joy

Jenny K Lyon

Quilting makes me skip for joy

Pacific Int’l Quilt Festival 2022 – Part 1

  I decided to post photos from the Pacific International Quilt Festival this week and next, followed by the Foothills Quilters Guild show the following week. If you follow me, you will know that I don’t create posts ahead of time for later posting, I’ve always posted of-the-moment. Until now. I am prepping for Houston […]

Small quilt edge treatment

 I needed to create two new class samples for my Yes You CAN Free Motion Quilt! class, as all my other samples had been sent out to other guilds/shops. I LOVE it when my To Do List actually includes “quilt something”. This is my intro class and I do teach it differently than any one […]

Featured Quilter at the Mother Lode Quilters’ Guild, 2022

  I had the pleasure of being the Featured Quilter at the Mother Lode Quilters’ Guild Show in Sutter Creek. I met so many people, engaged in interesting conversations and was generally treated like a Queen! Anelie Belden is the President and was a supportive and attentive host. I stayed at the Foxie Inn, a […]

The River City Guild Quilters Guild Show – 2022

After a 3 year absence, it was time for the River City Quilters Guild‘s show! Clearly, it was a bumper crop year as there were so many fantastic quilts. Like always, keep in mind that some wonderful quilts are missing from this post because my photo was bad or I just lost track as I […]

Angst

  I did some dramatic things to my yellow silk quilt this week. There is no turning back now. I hope this works! I cut off the border. The raw silk was just too floppy and I knew this quilt would not hang well. I bit the bullet and removed the border. It was a […]