The Quilt Skipper

quilting makes me skip for joy

Jenny K Lyon

Quilting makes me skip for joy

A whole lot of this n that

  It’s been a fractured week with a visit to the Sunshine Quilters of San Diego,  a pin basting debacle, progress on my beaded piping and tiny DIY project. First up, “Why I Don’t Pin Baste”: I am quilting a small project that includes a variety of substrates with some stiff embroidery stabilizer and some […]

Me, applique?!

NOTE: I won’t be publishing my newsletter this week as I’ve got family coming in for Easter! Soooo, I’ve been appliqueing this week, unusual for me. I took an excellent live online class from Kathie K Wylie who knows more than a bit about applique. It was specifically about the Appliquick method. I’ve had the tools […]

AQS Branson – The show!

  NOTE: I wrote about my teaching and traveling experience at Branson here. I got very little time on the show floor, but I did get a respectable number of photos. I will not include any of the Winner’s Circle quilts as the professional photos are so much better. So check out the top winners […]

Empty Spools 2024

  NOTE: There will be no blog post or newsletter next week as I will be in Branson, Mo for the American Quilter’s Society show. This is my third year to teach at Empty Spools and each year has been uniquely spectacular! I was so delighted by my students – 10 quilters with free motion […]