Quilt Along #16 – Zippling

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.

9 Responses

  1. Pat says:

    So sad we are taking a break for a whole month, but I also really understand. You can't imagine how much I look forward to linking up and seeing everyone's homework, your new lesson and of course your brilliant answers to our questions. So a big THANK YOU for everything you do to help us. Enjoy your son's preschool graduation! They grow up so fast. I'll be ready when we return.

  2. I too am sad that you will be taking the month of May off, but I know that life calls! Especially in the spring…..hate to take time away from my sewing machine to weed my gardens, but I have to!!! Leah, you are a remarkable young woman and you have definitely opened my mind to a whole new way of FMQ…..so liberating! Thank you! Thank you! I can't wait to get my hands on the 365 quilting designs book when it comes out!!!

  3. Art4vr says:

    Wow! I just can't wait for the 365 book! I printed out all the pictures from Flickr, but it only goes up so far. When I am planning my quilt, I look one design at a time when doing free motion on it and the book will be a big help when deciding what to do. I like the patterns instead of all over designs. Can't wait!
    Linda

  4. Anonymous says:

    I am way excited about the 365 days of FMQ book! I look forward to buying the printed version so I can have it by my side while I practice!

    And great idea to take May off so we can piece together a practice top to work with in June.

    –Christa

  5. MC says:

    Very excited to see the book! We have your FMQ Challenge overt a SewCalGal to look forward to in May, and I definitely have a load of projects in mind to use my newly acquired FMQ skills during the break.

  6. Machelle says:

    Yay for you! Enjoy your family…and chickens haha.Thank you for being. And for being an inspiration and a motivation for me to work through banishing the time/negativity monster! I will have some fun practice time now and await your return whenever you fancy!

  7. Enjoy your break. Gardening is good for the soul too.

    Donna from Canada

  8. barkway2 says:

    Pardon me but if I may, please, I need to back up and ask a microstippling question. I'm new and playing catch up. My thread tension on the back of my work is not even. I know it has to do with thread tension but my problem is balancing tension with speed. Ufortunately, I'm having to use an old husqvarna viking designer se, with an open toe stippling foot that has no spring so the whole action is achieved by a correct balance of tension, speed, and how fast you move your quilt. If I set a slow speed, the machine moves very choppy, even making a chop, chop, chop sound, and the thread onthe back is long and straight and too tight. If I use a faster speed, I have to move the quilt very fast to avoid sewing on top of already sewn lines and the thread on the back is dense and tight. I'm growing frustrated trying to find the right balance. Is this just the wrong machine to attempt this with?

  9. thank you Leah for teaching us so much. I have used the binding method you taught us 6 times already! Once I figured out which way to turn the right tail, it has been so easy!
    You have your priorities right in order, enjoy the baby… they grow up so fast! See you at the 2012 challenge, and then back here in June! Are you taking early orders on your book, or are you waiting until they come back from the printers? Godspeed, mary

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