The Quilt Skipper

quilting makes me skip for joy

Jenny K Lyon

Quilting makes me skip for joy

Review: The Morgan Marking System

To me this is big news: a marker that marks clearly, precisely and removes fairly easily. It’s a marker that’s been around for awhile-Morgan’s-and some of you may have already tried it. I rediscovered it in Houston at the vendor’s booth. I probably even have an old one somewhere in the catacombs of my quilt […]

Two Tiny Tips

I’m sharing “Two Tiny Tips” today-things that will make your quilting life just a little bit easier. Burying thread ends Sometimes you want or need to bury your thread ends instead of securing the end of your quilting line with tiny little stitches. I do this on my competition pieces or anyplace where the end […]

November Free Motion Quilting Challenge

This month’s Free Motion Quilting Challenge at SewCalGal‘s site was provided by Sarah Vedler and it was all about spirals. Sarah is a quilt and block-of-the-month designer, an  embroidery designer and also free motion quilts. So our challenge was to learn to do spirals. Well, I did two rows of spirals, and then I thought, well […]

The River City Quilters’ Guild Show-2012

The annual River City Quilters’ Guild Show was held last weekend in the Scottish Rite Temple in Sacramento, Ca. They always have a great collection of traditional, contemporary, art and applique quilts as well as wearable art. I did not come away with many great photos as the light is pretty low and I just […]

Pioneer Quilt Guild Show-2012

It’s the Fall Quilt Show Season! The Pioneer Quilt Guild Show moved to more spacious quarters this year and the quilts showed so much better. I had a great time at the show, spent too much money at the boutique and got some photos to share. I have to say upfront that my photos are […]

Houston International Quilt Festival 2012-Part 3

Final installment!“Prairie Fire” by Ruth Powers depicts the early spring burning of the Flint Hills. And that is pieced, not fused-stunning in person. “Brink of Sunset” by Hanne-Grete Brink of Norway was made to honor her ancestors who lived “at the brink of land between mountains, the sky and the sea”. It was constructed on a long arm! I can’t […]