The Quilt Skipper

quilting makes me skip for joy

Jenny K Lyon

Quilting makes me skip for joy

Quilt Blocking Revisited

  I want to revisit blocking. I wrote about blocking in 2016, 2013 and 2012, but I have changed my methods since then; it seems like a good time for an update since I am currently blocking a quilt. This turned out to be long enough to be a magazine article! Please note, there are variations […]

Pacific Int’l Quilt Festival, 2023, Part 2

See explanation of this year’s show in Part 1. I just couldn’t pare it down to one post, so you’ll get 2 posts full of fabulous! Here we go, in no particular order, with occasional comment: Gorgeous silks and incredible details throughout. This is another that would have been up for my fictional “Judge’s Choice”. […]

The 2023 Sierra Gold Quilters Guild show

  I attended the –Sierra Gold Quilters Guild Show in early Oct and I am just now getting around to posting. I had a very hard time narrowing down my photos; there was so much food work! Their wearables section was very strong – I counted 18 items! And there seems to be a lot […]

The River City Quilt Show 2023

  REMINDER: No newsletter this week, I’m traveling. Not getting my weekly newsletter? You’ll get my blog plus other interesting and humorous content if you sign up here. The River City Quilt Guild in Sacramento, CA always puts on a good show, complete with excellent vendors and boutique. This year was a banner year and it […]

Embrace your Visible Learning Curve!

NOTE #1: Because of back-to-back travel gigs, I probably will not post next week (23d) and iffy for the following week (Mar 2), then I should be back on track. I will probably make my newsletter this Sat (18th) but not the following week (March 4). If you’re not signed up for my newsletter (which […]