The Quilt Skipper

quilting makes me skip for joy

Jenny K Lyon

Quilting makes me skip for joy

Thanksgiving, a finish and a few other projects in progress

  Miss me again? It was a great Thanksgiving for the Lyon’s and I even had a finish! Let’s start with the finish: I really enjoyed making this piece. I love the sentiment, it’s one of my favs and so. true. Really, you are never ready, so start now! This piece shows yet another way […]

Pacific International Quilt Festival 2021

  NOTE: I won’t be posting next week on Thanksgiving. I hope you enjoy a lovely day of thanksgiving with those you love. I will have my full family here and I’m excited. I will be back the following week, 5 lbs heavier! I’ve got a treat with a whole lot of great quilts to […]

Houston Quilt Festival Part 2: Quilts, Classes and People

I realized as I made my final pass through my photos that I missed taking photos of entire areas of quilts. It was hard to pare my post down to just this many quilts! I didn’t take many class photos this year because some students were reluctant to gather for a photo. It was a […]

Visiting Glacier National Park…in the fall!

  NOTE: I have another post today, a review of Cindy Grisdela’s brand new book, Adventures in Improv Quilts. I’d never been to Glacier Nat’l Park before and I was thrilled to have some time to visit between teaching gigs. Glacier is “the Crown of the Continent”, established as a National Park in 1910. It […]

Book Review: Adventures in Improv Quilts by Cindy Grisdela

  It’s a review, a blog hop and a give-away! I got my hands on Cindy Grisdela‘s brand new book, Adventures in Improv Quilts and I’ve got  a review for you below. If you’d like a free e-copy of Cindy’s book, comment below and I’ll do a random number drawing on Oct 21st. I’ll announce […]