The Quilt Skipper

quilting makes me skip for joy

Jenny K Lyon

Quilting makes me skip for joy

Success…and Failure

This last week has been a mix of successes and misses but I’m confident that the misses will enrich my “learning curve”. I’m really trying to get outside of my normal box and when I do that, I’m bound to have some misses. This is a bit of an ADD post since I worked on three separate […]

Foothill Quilt Show

I have been a devoted attendee of the Foothill Quilt Show since 2003 when it first came on my radar. Foothill Quilters Guild has a wonderful balance of exceptional piecers, traditional, applique and art quilters. It’s a diverse and talented guild and I love their show. And really, it has nothing to do with those killer marbled […]

“Just Show Up”

“Just show up”-that’s the conventional wisdom regarding what to do when your creative juices have evaporated. I was feeling a bit blue about spending Easter without my boys and my creative mojo was gone. I was aching to create something wonderful, but it just wasn’t happening. So I was obedient to the “rule” of what I’m supposed to do […]

Update: Frixion Pen Test and Wobbly Lines

I guess I am a bit of a researcher at heart. In my last post I expressed concern about how the heat erasable Frixion pens will “bloom” back when the quilt gets cold. I also was perplexed as to why my quilted lines were wobbly on my practice piece. I received the following comment from […]

Free Motion Quilting Challenge-March

I am involved in the 2012 Free Motion Quilting Challenge at SewCalGal’s Blog. Each month a tutorial by a skilled quilter covers some aspect of free motion quilting and participants are asked to post their response to the challenge. This month Ann Fahl asked us to play with various background fills. I was familiar with […]

Spring Show Season-Valley Quilt Guild Show

The spring quilt season has begun-wow, I missed going to shows! I got to the Valley Quilt Guild show in Yuba City and thoroughly enjoyed the quilts despite the rain/wind weather we’ve been having. There was a great assortment of vendors too.Karen Litvinchuk designed, made and quilted this beauty-“In the Pink”. I really enjoyed her […]