Get to Know Your Machine – Sit Down Quilting #4

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.

8 Responses

  1. Jacqueline says:

    I am really finding these videos helpful. Thanks.

  2. Pat Smith says:

    Are you going to quilt inside the pair? Follow the design of the pair?

  3. Yes the videos are great! Is the (14) the size of the throat and also would you recommend this machine for a brand new free motion quilter?

  4. Leah Day says:

    I honestly haven't decided yet. I might quilt a larger design inside the pear shapes or follow the design that's printed on them.

  5. Leah Day says:

    The harp space is 15 inches from the needle to the back of the machine. It's hard to say if this would be a good choice for someone new to free motion quilting. On the one hand, you would have plenty of space and it wouldn't be as finicky as learning on a home machine, but on the other hand this is a big investment and you might not like this style of quilting at all. My best advice is to find a dealer or show you can test drive any machine so you can get the feel for it before buying.

  6. Unknown says:

    I find your videos inspiring and so helpful! I've never used varigated thread, but I really like this color! I listened again, and again, but couldn't understand what brand this thread is! Can you tell me the brand and color? Thank you! It always makes me smile, when I hear you say "Hello my quilting friends!"

  7. Leah Day says:

    Sorry about that! I'm using YLI Variations variegated thread. It's a very subtle variegated thread that I really love and it feels and stitches almost identically to Isacord.

  8. My husband has just bought me the Q'nique +14 longarm machine with the stand. I am thrilled to pieces. I am seriously thinking about buying your already printed building blocks to practise on once I have fiddled with the machine on plain calico first. I have your courses on Craftsy and first got to know you when I made the Free Amy Gibson monthly blocks. This quilt is proudly displayed on a wall in my daughters house passage. I get to enjoy looking a my first fmq whenever I visit (about once a year) I am following you on the Q'nique now and I have bought your rulers so hope to work with those as well. Thanks for sharing your talent with us all. Karen RSA

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