The Quilt Skipper

quilting makes me skip for joy

Jenny K Lyon

Quilting makes me skip for joy

River City Quilt Show 2017

Good show River City! In random order: Best of Show was “My Secret Garden” by Deborah Ciarla, quilted by Nancy Calhoun. This was entirely hand pieced using the English Paper Piecing method, except the border which was foundation pieced. Wowsa! “Oasis Improv” by Marie Nelson. Using discards from a friend and some fabric from her […]

Houston Int’l Quilt Festival 2017-The Quilts, Part 2

I mentioned last week how limited my time was to take photos of the quilts. So here is my final “unorganized, disjointed and wholly incomplete take on the quilts”: It was wonderful to see the work of Yoko Saito in person, even though I only saw a few of her quilts. The workmanship and design […]

Houston Int’l Quilt Festival 2017-The Quilts, Part 1

Danny Amazonos had a special exhibit. This will give you an idea of his scale! The breathtaking scale and color that Danny used blew me away. He was very sharing and personable, seemingly without any ego about his astounding work. ———————————————— Okay, a bit of explanation. I had one afternoon off when the show was open, […]

PIQF 2017 Part 1-Quilts of Northern Ca and More

I thought this year’s PIQF was one of the best. I was a bit disappointed in last year’s show so this was a welcome surprise. I took the Meissner bus and we only had 5 hrs for the show. I met soooo many of my students this year and that was incredibly affirming. I AM […]