The Quilt Skipper

quilting makes me skip for joy

Jenny K Lyon

Quilting makes me skip for joy

A picture is worth a thousand words?

It’s been a week full of wildly different activities, from choosing a contractor for a whole house remodel (WHOOP!), to caring for a very ailing Basset Boy, starting on a new quilt and getting some excellent images of one of my “old” quilts. Life happens like that-big ups and downs at the same time. Basset […]

Give-Away: The Improv Handbook for Modern Quilters

As promised, I’ve got a hot new book to give away: The Improv Handbook for Modern Quilters: A Guide to Creating, Quilting, and Living Courageously by Sherri L. Wood. I was so excited about her upcoming book that I pre-ordered….twice! So I just have to give away my extra to one of my readers. I […]

Fiberlandia/Portland

No give-away this week-I’ll be posting that next week. I’m still catching up from a whirlwind 4 days at Fiberlandia, the SAQA Conference in Portland. I find myself still vibrating from the energy and ideas that arose during those 4 days! There were insightful break-out sessions, enlightening presentations, rich conversations with other artists…and then there was […]

Traveling-again, and a Give-Away soon!

I’m on the road again, this time I’m going to Portland, Oregon for the Studio Art Quilt Associates Conference, “Fiberlandia“. I’m excited-I will “just” be a participant! I am not presenting, I’m not a Rep. I am volunteering for a few things, but I will savor the feeling of simply enjoying the presentations and the […]

Teaching and Travel

There is a lot of preparation that goes into teaching so sometimes I don’t get to quilt for a long time. In a perfect world somehow there would be a balance between teaching and quilting. I know that I would not want to be a full-time studio artist-I would miss teaching terribly. April has been […]

Ooops!

I just wanted to let you all know that I had not been receiving your comments for about 6 weeks for some reason. I’m still trying to figure that out. But one thing I can tell you-I MISSED YOUR COMMENTS! I didn’t realize how much I enjoyed interacting and having conversations with my readers. I […]