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LeahDay

Leah Day has been teaching online since 2009. She's the creator of the Free Motion Quilting Project, a blog filled with thousands of quilting tutorial videos. Leah has written several books including 365 Free Motion Quilting Designs, Explore Walking Foot Quilting with Leah Day, and Mally the Maker and the Queen in the Quilt.

14 Responses

  1. Lee says:

    sounds like a wonderful plan. I have just started quilting out side the stippling box and venuring into different stitches. I couldn't have found your sight at a better time. I love the video as I am a more visual learner so it really helps. Keep up the great work.

  2. Miriam says:

    Ohh Thank you!! I was just thinking as I read your new tutorial today, wouldn't it be great to have all your tutorials printed out together.
    I love your videos.

  3. Quiltluver says:

    I am trying to learn to FMQ as well. If you are going to do a DVD, it might be helpful to us newbies if your DVD were organized perhaps by level of difficulty, where one design builds upon another? I started kind of late and was going to go back through some of your "beginner" videos first. Karen

  4. Dena says:

    Thank you! I have been enjoying following your blog while learning some new quilting designs and techniques.

  5. Anne D says:

    Thanks again Leah. I love looking at your designs and actually got the courage to try free motion yesterday. I was very suprised to find I actually enjoyed it. My stitching is not smooth enough to try a quilt yet but I will. I always thought this was something I could not do but watching your videos made me think I could. Thanks again

  6. I too have been enjoying the daily dose of design and pattern. I have been trying to view past videos as time allows. very nice thing you are trying to do. I hope you have enough sales to make it all worth while. cw

  7. I appreciate your work and have gotten some good tips-big project you have planned but a much needed one.

  8. Carol says:

    Great idea. I like quiltluvers idea of organizing by difficulty level. I'm still trying to get the hang of a straight line 🙂

    From one October birthday "girl" (I'm not quite so young) to another hope your month is great.

  9. Leah Day says:

    Hi Quiltluver and Carol – Those are both great ideas! I'll definitely go through the videos and make sure to organize them that way.

    The one thing I would like all of you to keep in mind is that even with an advanced design, you can still master it even as a beginner.

    Just make a quilt sandwich with a fat quarter and practice!

    I wrote this in an email recently:

    The more you practice, the better your lines will look. But if you don't practice and don't try, your lines will continue to suck forever! Really you have nothing to lose by trying.

    I just don't want anyone to limit themselves or not try a design because I put the word "advanced" on it.

    Let's go quilt!

    Leah Day

  10. Wendy says:

    Okay, I just *LOVE!* your blog, and I really enjoy getting a new design every day. I've never tried free-hand machine quilting until I found your blog, and it's going "swimmingly"! I'm doing an okay job of FHM quilting, and I'm *really* enjoying it and having ideas of my own (though I have yet to try my own yet).

    However… Do I *really* need to sign up for the newsletter? I check your blog *every* day (sometimes multiple times each day!). Is there really anything you can "give" me on a weekly basis that you haven't already given me on a daily basis?

    Inquiring minds want to know. =-)

    BTW, have I mentioned that I *LOVE* your blog?!? =-)

  11. Sandy says:

    First, Happy Birthday from another October baby. lol I wish I was a baby and NO, I am not anywhere near the young age you are.
    Second, I look forward to your blog everyday and can't wait to see what you come up with next.
    I am AMAZED at your talent at such a YOUNG age and very incouraged by the ease in which you do each design. You do great work and sharing your talent and designs with fellow quilters is very, very appreciated.
    Third, Love, love, love your blog. Thanks again for sharing.
    Sandy
    sandyssewclever/blogspot.com

  12. I am thrilled and amazed by all your designs and a downloadable book with patterns and all that sounds so great. 40 is a good number too. I want to spend some time with many of these. I would love to see maybe it organized by level? like 40 total beginner fillers… as I am a total beginner and have so far avoided trying any of them becasue I feel like they all look so hard for me.

  13. Leah Day says:

    Hi Shebaduhkitty – I'm planning on organizing by difficulty level, but I'd like to encourage you to at least try drawing the advanced designs. They really aren't that hard and it'll give you good practice to try them!

    Let's go quilt!

    Leah Day

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