Podcast – Looking forward to 2017

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. Suzy Webster says:

    Consider is my word for this year. I published my first quilting book last year and am doing some teaching this year and am taking the year to consider where I really want to go with all of this…

  2. Amanda M. says:

    My word this year is Positivity. Leah, I want to thank you for giving me the courage to JUST GET STARTED. I was full of excuses as to why I couldn't achieve my quilting dreams…no time, no space, inadequate machine, blah, blah, blah. The real reason was fear…I was afraid to fail, afraid to try and screw up, afraid to invest time and effort in something that might not turn out perfect. I stumbled across your blog while I was researching longarm machines (while whining that I couldn't afford one!) and read your post about being able to quilt anywhere, even in your closet, and I got inspired! I got some folding tables, got my machine out, and started QUILTING. Thanks for all you do to inspire and motivate quilters. Keep on encouraging people! The most powerful words in the universe are "Yes I can!"

  3. Leah Day says:

    That is a wonderful word Suzy. You're right, it's a good step to stop and consider how you want your life to change. Switching a craft to a profession does change things so I'm glad you're going into it with your eyes open. Good luck!

  4. Leah Day says:

    That is such an excellent story Amanda! You're right – you really can quilt anywhere! I have managed to quilt in many less than ideal situations and I made it work and I made many beautiful quilts with very limited resources. You just have to really WANT to do it, and you have to be fearless in the face of all those voices saying you can't do it. Thank you for sharing!

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