The Quilt Skipper

quilting makes me skip for joy

Jenny K Lyon

Quilting makes me skip for joy

Learning From Diane Gaudynski

Warning: If you are not interested in Free Motion Quilting, skip this post! I wanted to pass on some of what I learned in the class I took from Diane Gaudynski, “The Adventure Continues” at the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Ky last week. The class was created as an offering to the experienced free […]

Pacific International Quilt Festival-Part 2

Continuing on with photos from the 2011 Pacific International Quilt Festival, I’ve included photos of the main competition section as well as some special exhibits. I only had a brief time at the show so my photos are not inclusive by any means! The name and title of each piece can be seen by scrolling […]

PIQF Part 1-World Quilt Collection Photos

I was able to spend the tiniest bit of time last week at the Pacific International Quilt Festival  in Santa Clara. I’ve split my images into two posts: here I have included photos of the “World Quilt Competition XV: On Tour” section as well as the “A Slice of Oz” exhibit by Gloria Loughman. The name […]

Traveling and Paducah

I recently had the pleasure of taking a trip to Paducah, Kentucky where I took a class from Diane Gaudynski. Paducah is the Mother Ship of Quilting, home to the National Quilt Museum as well at the infamous Paducah Quilt Festival held each April. My travels took me to the new terminal at Sacramento Int’l Airport which […]

Red Letter Day!

Monday was a Red Letter Day! I traveled to Oakland Hills, Ca for a Studio Art Quilt Associates critique session. Before the critique session began, we stopped by the Creative Framing and Art Gallery in Oakland to see SAQA NorCal Rep Franki Kohler’s work there. What a fabulous collection! Franki uses  hand dyed fabrics as well […]

It’s Fall!

I love fall-I was raised in the upper Midwest where fall brought an outrageous show of color. Here in the Sacramento area fall is more, hm, subtle? Changes are more micro than macro. My first clue that fall is on its way comes from my grasses-they all go to seed and with the slightest breeze my backyard is […]