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Jenny K Lyon

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Tutorial-3 ways to quilt pearls

July 10, 2014

I’ve had several requests for a tutorial on how to quilt strings of pearls. This is a beautiful and useful motif to add to your bag of tricks. Pearls are probably not for the beginner, but it’s not a difficult motif either. Here’s how I’ve used pearls in some of my work: I love pearls […]

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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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Cut Work Christmas Table Topper

October 9, 2013

I think this is the first time in my almost 3 years of blogging that I haven’t posted at least once a week. Sorry-I’ve been busy doing less-than-glamorous tasks! I’ve also been playing with various ideas for the class sample for my upcoming “Reversible Christmas Table Topper” class. I’m happy to show that today: This […]

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

Sneak Peek at “Morning Breeze”

August 28, 2013

I recently completed a 50″x 70″ whole cloth quilt that I can’t share until it shows, but I still wanted to show a few detail shots now.  When I post the full quilt I will give more information and details. The short story is that this quilt is made whole cloth from cotton ultra sateen […]

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A Few Ideas

April 11, 2013

I’m currently working on a large whole cloth quilt that has a lot of intense free motion work. It’s critical that the quilt sandwich moves smoothly so that I can make my movements with ease. I have seen my students struggle with this in class and I began to wonder if I could effectively communicate […]

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