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Jenny K Lyon

Quilting makes me skip for joy

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It’s all about the puff

October 1, 2015

So, funny story: I took a 5 1/2 day class from Diane Gaudynski at Empty Spools/Assilomar. Right next to us was a group whose mission was to legalize marijuana. They were an odd bunch, no two ways about it. The men were wearing rumpled message t-shirts with phrases like “If the whole world smoked weed, peace […]

Filed Under: Learning, Quilts and Art Quilts

Another brag…

November 26, 2014

And it’s not about me! One of my students, Luanne Chittenden, won an Honorable Mention ribbon in the Traditional category on her very first entry into Pacific International Quilt Festival-I’m so happy for her! PIQF has only 3 quilt categories so it’s a big deal to get any kind of a ribbon. Her quilt is […]

Filed Under: Life, Quilts and Art Quilts, Shows, Teaching Free Motion Quilting

Maine Girl Quilt-The Finish

March 7, 2014

I have a problem-I have Quilt it to Death Disorder-QITDD. I really don’t know how to keep it simple. I knew my Maine Girl quilt needed to have a simple quilted background that did not take away from the main image-one that just let the girl shine. Well, you know where this one is going… […]

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Free Motion Quilted Radiance Christmas Stocking

November 19, 2013

I’m beginning to think about Christmas! My local quilt shop, Meissner’s in Folsom, recently began to stock Radiance fabric . Radiance is a Robert Kaufman fabric that is 55% cotton and 45% silk. I love the sheen of Radiance and use it frequently in my work. But it was languishing on their shelves and I […]

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A Quilting Romp

July 24, 2013

After all the intense work on my huge whole cloth quilt, I needed to quilt something that I didn’t have to think about too hard-something that was just a romp. I wanted to be able to quilt just for the simple joy of it. For once, I actually kept it simple. I grabbed one of […]

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