The Quilt Skipper

quilting makes me skip for joy

Jenny K Lyon

Quilting makes me skip for joy

Tough Week

I am blessed with exuberant health, something I do all I can to maintain. I am just now recovering from 10 days of itchy, oozy, outrageously strong allergies. It was allergies, trust me. And I’ll spare you the details, but I couldn’t talk, think or sleep for many days. But, I am back and it […]

Yes, I’m Late!

I have so little to show! I’m working on my book, so spending lots of time on that, none of it photo-worthy. And the projects for the book, well they can’t be published. I’ve got a short post here as  a result. I have some great teaser photos…and a new computer, hence the delay. A […]

Focus on Fiber 2017

“Focus on Fiber” is a national juried open fiber arts show that accepts all fiber techniques and is housed at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center. It is showing in conjunction with the Korean Fiber exhibit that I wrote about last week. It was an interesting show given its variety in technique, form and fiber. I […]

Korean Voices in Fiber at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center

I completely forgot it was Thursday-sorry for the late post! I am running as fast as I can… Today I am writing about the Korean fiber exhibit, but please note that there is a fabulous and concurrent annual exhibit “Voices in Fiber”. I am simply unable to cover both in this post, so look for […]

Markers, Chemicals and Our Quilts

Almost two years ago I wrote my most popular post-a comprehensive explanation of Frixion pens, the heat erasable pens. For some reason there has been a huge flurry of repostings lately along with comments from readers about their experiences. You can read the post here if you’d like. I contacted the manufacturer when I wrote […]

Learning From My Students

Yes, I definitely learn from my students! I recently visited the Ridge Quilters’ Guild in Paradise, California. We had a great time working in my “Daisy Table Topper” workshop. Of course, I did not get as many photos as I would have liked. I loved the way everyone’s project was coming along: I love this-Gail decided […]