The Quilt Skipper

quilting makes me skip for joy

Jenny K Lyon

Quilting makes me skip for joy

Folsom Quilt and Fiber Guild Show-2013-Part 1

Wow what a weekend at my guild’s 28th annual show! The theme was “Generations of Stars” and we honored our founding members that are still active in the guild. Those founding members created something special and I get to enjoy the benefits from all their work and dedication. It was a spectacular show, by far […]

2012 SAQA Whisper Challenge

Since 2007 the NorCal/Nevada Region of Studio Art Quilt Associates has held a Whisper Challenge, based on the childhood game where you whisper a message in someone’s ear. That person repeats the message in the next person’s ear, and so on. The final message is usually quite different from the original. This meeting where the […]

Little Orange Tree Quilt

I’m excited-the Folsom Quilt and Fiber Guild Show is coming up this weekend, Feb 8-10 in the Folsom Community Center. It’s always a great show and this year has even more entries than last year. I’m especially excited to see a sizeable increase in Wearable Art entries with several new artists-yahoo! One significant way we […]

The “65 Minute Top”

I seem to be on a roll here, alternating between garment and quilt.  PatternReview.com recently featured a pattern maker I was unfamiliar with, Maria Denmark, and I was intrigued. The line is described as: “simple patterns for everyday wear, with detailed illustrated instructions, making them easy to sew, fit and wear for everybody – even complete beginners.” […]

Jewel Box

If there is a season for malfunction, I must be in it. I did finish my little 12″ square piece, “Jewel Box”, but not without trauma. I reached the point where I had finished the front, added backing, quilted it lightly, turned it for a clean-edge finish and had almost finished hand sewing the understitching. […]

Work In Process-Playing With Thread and Color

I’ve started a new quilted piece that will be a mere 12 inches square and somehow I have already put in maybe 15 hours? There is definitely a learning curve involved. In this piece I wanted to try several things: two threads running through one needle to achieve color blending, two layers of wool batting to […]