The Quilt Skipper

quilting makes me skip for joy

Jenny K Lyon

Quilting makes me skip for joy

A week of this n that

  It has been a week of variety:  a guild visit, hand applique/trapunto and beginning to prep student kits for Houston. My visit to the Amador Valley Quilters was so much fun! I stayed with my friend Jeanne and we solved all of the world’s problems over the kitchen table. The guild meets in Pleasanton, […]

A Judge’s comments on judging the Houston Show

  I will have 2 blog posts this week, this one about judging, and another about my week (which will be delayed). I am excited to post these comments by Deborah Boschert who judged this year’s Houston show along with Charlotte Angotti and Sharon K. Stone. All 3 are accomplished artists and very well-seasoned experts […]

Houston 2019, Part 3: More Quilts!

This is my final post for Houston. My photos loaded oddly and are not all nicely grouped by category and I was too short on time to arrange them properly. You will still enjoy the quilts out of order! SAQA had an exhibit, 50 Years of Innovation. I loved that exhibit! It was filled with […]

Houston prep and some good news!

I got good news yesterday: my classes at Houston filled so well that I was invited to teach next year, my seventh year! Yippee! I’ve been preparing for Houston and that makes for a dull Jenny. I do lists, lots of lists. And I practically empty my closet to put together comfortable teaching outfits. I […]

Trapunto donation quilt for the Int’l Quilt Association

I was running behind on making a donation quilt for the International Quilt Association, the non-profit umbrella organization behind the Houston Int’l Quilt Festival. IQA asks teachers to volunteer a piece of their work for a fundraising silent auction held at Festival. I’ve donated each of the previous 5 years I’ve taught there and did […]