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When in Doubt, Hang it Up!

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.

4 Responses

  1. mageez says:

    to hang quilts easily without damaging the quilt use your old sewing machine needles. i've even used a hammer to secure them into wood walls.
    maggie

  2. Mary says:

    Gotta love my Design Walls for just that reason. Then spending a few days sleeping on it is always a good thing when in doubt. Thansk for your inspiration to keep going.

  3. Lee says:

    Leah
    After I've stared at my quilt top on the wall for a while, I often pin tracing paper over it (the kind that comes in a long, wide roll) and sketch quilting designs on the paper. This is particularly useful in figuring out transitions between one design and another across the spaces of the quilt. I annotate the paper with name of design and color of thread for each space. The paper then serves as my roadmap as I quilt.
    Lee

  4. Metanoia says:

    I'd like to note that whilte it is a good idea to hang them so you can look at them easily… don't leave them there long!! I did this with one of mine when trying to decide on borders and quilting and it stretched out of whack so I have a wonky edge. It made the quilting and everything else rather difficult 🙁

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