The Quilt Skipper

quilting makes me skip for joy

Jenny K Lyon

Quilting makes me skip for joy

The Other Vegas-An outdoor adventure

  I get together with my friend Lynn on occasion for some sort of outdoor adventure. I’m pretty fit but Lynn is the real deal-she bikes and hikes and climbs both rocks and ice. I just do my weights, walk and swim. We decided to meet halfway between us, in Las Vegas, but not THAT […]

My Blog Hop starts today! Want a free book?

UPDATE NOTE: Comments are now closed on this post. Wahoo! Welcome to my very first blog hop! I have convinced nine of my incredibly talented friends to join me and each of us will be giving away a free, signed copy of my book. Here’s how it works: Every day from now through Dec 10, […]

Houston Quilt Festival 2018, the quilts, Part 2

I had to edit like crazy to get this down to 54 photos! And then I ran into an entire group of photos I hadn’t reviewed, but I’m sticking with what I’ve got. Here we go: Wild Things, Marianne Williamson, capturing the wild flowers that grow along the highway. I love the controlled chaos, lines […]

Houston Quilt Festival 2018, the quilts, Part 1

I’ll probably have at least 2 posts of the quilts at this year’s Houston International Quilt Festival. Stay tuned as I may have more than one post/week for just awhile. It was not until I began to go through my photos that I realized 2 surprising things: I was drawn to applique (which I do […]

A Feathers Four Ways class and Houston prep

There’s so much prep for an event like the Houston International Quilt Festival and Market. I’ll be gone 11 days this year and will attend Market for the first time. I’ll be promoting my new book (squeeee!) and see what is new. It’s not just about quilting, there are wardrobe and grooming tasks too. So: hair, […]

Visiting the Westside Quilters (Los Angeles)

Warning: I unabashedly overuse superlatives in this post. I could not help myself. What a surprise this one was! I am not that familiar with Southern California and “Westside” to me meant just another area of Los Angeles. I had no clue that Westside meant right next to and including Beverly Hills. I really did […]