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Thankful

It’s the Saturday after Thanksgiving and I’m baking bread and tossing a salad for our special meal tonight. Josh, James, and I all came down with bad colds this week right before Thursday and we decided to push back the big meal until I could stand up long enough to roast a chicken and make some gravy, and Josh and James could actually eat it without throwing up! Lol.

Yes, it has been one of those weeks in which my steadfast schedule flew out the window, but today working in the kitchen I feel ever more thankful for the life I have and the people I’m lucky enough to share it with.

free motion quilting | Leah Day

I’m thankful for my good health and ability to get out of bed early in the morning and get to work with passion and energy.

free motion quilting | Leah Day

I’m thankful for my beautiful child with so much energy and vitality, he fills up every room in the house and makes my days much more interesting and memorable.

free motion quilting | Leah Day

I’m thankful for my awesome husband of 8 years (can it really be that long?) whose guidance, love, and friendship I can easily credit as making me the woman I am today.

free motion quilting | Leah Day

I’m thankful for the skills in my hands, which have enabled me to make beautiful quilts, and capture feelings that words can’t really express.

free motion quilting | Leah Day
My list of things to be thankful for could go on and on, but I’ll finish it here by sharing that I am so very thankful for you – every person who reads this blog and comments, shares, follows along, and learns something new.
You guys inspire me every day to be a better teacher, quilter, and writer, and this project would not be what it is without you.
Thank you!
Leah Day

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.

6 Responses

  1. Izzy says:

    What a beautiful post. I'm thankful for people like you who inspire me to try new things with my quilting, who taught me that there's no such thing as perfection and that I should just enjoy the process. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. 🙂

  2. You're very lovely, Leah and so supportive of our community. Thanks to you from London for everything you do 🙂

  3. Happy Thanksgiving! I am thankful for having found your blog and the FMQP. I am happy to say that I have learned so much from you and my FMQing has improved greatly. I am no longer afraid!

    -debby

  4. Amy Johnson says:

    Thanks right back! Glad you all are feeling better and having your Thanksgiving.

  5. Dear Leah Thank you for overcoming your demons, and giving hope to others that they can conquer their own.

  6. catspec says:

    You and your family are heartwarming Leah. Bless you and yours this Holiday season. You not only give us quilting tips and so much of yourself in your work, you give us an example of how family life can be. Your pictures are so good to look at. 🙂

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