The Quilt Skipper

quilting makes me skip for joy

Jenny K Lyon

Quilting makes me skip for joy

Come See My Work at Blue Line Gallery!

Tonite is the opening reception (7-9PM) for the “Masterpiece Medley Membership Show” at the Blue Line Gallery in Roseville, Ca. I’ll be there! There are over 100 works in varied mediums by Blue Line artists from all over the Sacramento Valley.  There will also be works by fellow Studio Art Quilt Associates  members Priscilla Read , […]

Convergence: Parenting and Making Art

I am at that delightful interlude of life where my boys have left the house and have set their own purposeful trajectory. DH has retired and golfs and volunteers enough to give me the mental space to create my art. I have had casual, aisle-of-the-grocery-store type of conversations with three Moms and a Dad over […]

I’m Going To Be In Houston After All!

Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) has selected my quilt “Lily of the Valley” to be one of 106 that will be on display at the SAQA booth at the Houston International Quilt Festival in November! I am so honored and excited that I WILL have a piece hanging in Houston this year after all. I […]

6 Unexpected Lessons

Sometimes lessons come when you least expect them. In mid-July I’ll be given exactly three minutes to sell my skills to a group of shop owners, guild Program Chairs and others interested in hiring quilting teachers at the Northern California Quilt Council. I’ve been putting off the task of making six giant quilt sandwiches for […]

June’s Free Motion Quilting Challenge

The June tutorial for SewCalGal’s Free Motion Quilting Challenge was provided by Cindy Needham. Cindy asked us to “divide and conquer” by creating a random areas to quilt by meandering a curved line across the surface of our sample. Cindy also provided some great tips for successful free motion quilting. I used cotton sateen, wool batting, […]

Roseville Quilters Guild Show

Very few shows happen in the summer so I was happy to go to the Roseville Quilters Guild’s show. I enjoy their show each year, along with the fair and some Food Not Approved by the American Heart Association. This was the charming greeting as you walked in-it got a chuckle out of me! Poor […]