The Quilt Skipper

quilting makes me skip for joy

Jenny K Lyon

Quilting makes me skip for joy

Teaching and a visit to Quilting in the Garden

My class last Saturday at the Quilt and Fabric Art Festival was a blast! The class was full and we filled our day with quilting, discovery, laughs and learning. I was so pleased with the outcome – I must show off the work of my students! Keep in mind, I did not count exactly, but […]

The Quilt and Fabric Art Festival 2019

  The River City Quilters’ Guild decided to take a risk and opened their show up to entries outside of their guild, making it a regional show. It was retitled to the  Quilt and Fabric Art Festival and relocated to a cavernous space at the McClellan Conference Center. Additional vendors were added as well as […]

What bleeding, silk and Houston have in common

Oh a lot has happened since my last post on my Houston Auction donation quilt. After I left you last week, I blocked my quilt and set it in the sun to dry, a mere 2 hours in the sun. And the baby blue silk faded into a putrid color, ugh. Also, I apparently did […]

Trapunto donation quilt for the Int’l Quilt Association

I was running behind on making a donation quilt for the International Quilt Association, the non-profit umbrella organization behind the Houston Int’l Quilt Festival. IQA asks teachers to volunteer a piece of their work for a fundraising silent auction held at Festival. I’ve donated each of the previous 5 years I’ve taught there and did […]

A little Midwestern trip, post Grand Rapids Show

The trip to teach at AQS Grand Rapids gave me an opportunity to visit friends and family after the show. It left me (kinda sorta) in the vicinity of my hometown about 90 mi southwest of Chicago. I rented a mini-van and put in 1400 miles in four states in 3 days. I was thrilled […]

AQS Grand Rapids

  NOTE: I posted last week on Saturday. You may have missed this post. This was one of my best teaching trips yet! I love to clean up before I leave so that I walk back into a clean slate. Jealous? Getting there had some adventure involved. I haven’t flown out of O’Hare in decades […]