The Quilt Skipper

quilting makes me skip for joy

Jenny K Lyon

Quilting makes me skip for joy

Turning a corner

I’ll be in Long Beach this week so this will be a shorter post. I want to share my fix for rounded corners when free motion quilting. Here’s what I mean: It’s common to get these kinds of rounded corners or angles. Even though you absolutely stitched that corner, your machine rounds that corner off. […]

A wee bit of progress on my wholecloth

I am having so much fun working on my black whole cloth quilt top. It has become a lot more involved than I thought it would be which seems to be par for the course. I do. not. know. how to keep it simple! Right now I’m auditioning background fills. I’ve mocked up a few […]

Craft Napa 2018

How do I describe Craft Napa? It’s fun, exhiliarating, encouraging, inspiring and maybe a wee bit fattening! You meet new friends, see friends from previous years, enjoy spontaneous lunches with people you didn’t know before, peek into other classrooms and immerse yourself in creativity. I was  struck by the vibe I got from walking around […]

Of resolutions, goals and life lessons

This is somewhat of a soliloquy in response to the beginning of a new year. I know many artists make resolutions, set goals or choose a word to guide them in the coming year. I do none of those things. I’m not opposed to them, I have just not found them useful to me. This […]

Catching up-Charity quilting

It’s been a challenging week for Hubby and me. Zeke (the Basset) has challenged us to our limits and has became all-consuming, keeping us chained to the house. Fortunately, with the help of an excellent trainer, (Grateful K9 for you locals), we were able to understand his behaviors and cope much better. But it was […]