The Quilt Skipper

quilting makes me skip for joy

Jenny K Lyon

Quilting makes me skip for joy

So why should you even care about judging and contests anyway?

I got a lot of responses back from my last week’s post  about my thoughts on judging. Some responses were private and held surprisingly strong opinions. It is just my opinion; I want quilters to do what gives them joy – whether that be to compete, or just enjoy their own quilts and share them […]

Judging – My thoughts and my latest judging comments

  After another competition quilter revealed her judging comments last week, it got me thinking. I have a well-reasoned opinion on judging, for me. These are my thoughts about my quilts being judged. I think they might be useful, or at least entertaining for you. I don’t have a lot of interesting photos about judging, so […]

A Finish and what’s up next

I’m crazy busy this week prepping for my 3-day Free Motion Freedom Seminar this week but I’m excited too! I did have a finish: Each year SAQA‘s premier fundraising event is an auction of 12″ x 12″ works created and donated by members. All proceeds help support SAQA’s exhibition programs, publications, and education outreach. The […]

Paducah Quilt Week 2022 – The experience

What a trip! I’m back from Paducah, trying to catch up. I have an in-town 3 day seminar next week to prep for also, so life is very full right now. Oh, and I just got an idea for a quilt I want to try to get into Houston…that I haven’t even started. Uh oh. […]

“Peace for Ukraine” quilt is finished!

  NOTE: I will not be writing a blog post or newsletter next week as I will be in Paducah! If you want to follow along, I’ll be posting on Facebook and Instagram. My donation to Pokey Bolton’s Handmade for Ukraine fundraiser is a wrap! I’m pleased with the result: As always, it was not […]

Irene Roderick’s Dancing With the Wall class

I’m writing this at the last minute – I simply forgot to write my post. This is never a good thing – I really need posts to “marinate” before posting to catch all my editing errors. There surely will be some grammar errors or misinformation, so bear with me. I’ve got the fam coming for […]