Videocast #1: Happy Holidays!

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.

7 Responses

  1. Hopel121 says:

    Thanks for the update, Leah. Those who have remodeled (and some of us who haven't) know that it always takes longer to finish than estimated. So don't worry about abandoning us. We know you wouldn't do that! 🙂

    It's great to hear from you and wonderful that your health is on the mend. Winter Wonderland is progressing beautifully. Love the process.

    Take care, and Merry Christmas to you and your family.

  2. snowcitygirl says:

    Hi Leah,
    I would love to see those snowflake blocks up close. I cannot see the quilting except for a bit of a shimmer around the snowflake design. At first I thought it was the pattern in the fabric, but then I realized you would showcase your filler stitches there. I also want to see that method of reverse trapunto. You said black fabric with silk organza and something else. Could you show or tell or give us a link for that process? I made a quilt as you go quilt when I got my new bernina with all the cool stitches. It was a very fun summer quilt.
    I just got the supreme slider and am checking it out today! Thanks for your motivation and inspiration!
    Kathy

  3. Leah Day says:

    Hi Kathy – I'll definitely post close up photos when the quilt gets finished.

    Since I'm still sort of inventing the technique as I go, you're not likely to find info on it, but I'll definitely post instructions when it's closer to completion.

    Let's go quilt!

    Leah

  4. I did a quilt-as-you-go quilt. I had no idea either. I searched on the internet, and books, and other sources. Finally I made it up.
    The fabric was bigger than the batting, I machine sewed the front pieces together, butted up the batting together and whip stitched them, then folded the back pieces under 1/4 inch and slip-stitched those two together. There was a lot of hand work, so I made sure I had all the stuff together, then did this on my lap as we drove on a trip. (winter driving is better than summer when you have a quilt on your lap) But I think it turned out beautiful and you can't tell. Now I am machine quilting over those joints. Lots of fun.
    ~a

  5. Tamera says:

    Oh, Leah! I can't believe that you had a link to the GORGEOUS Delft Remix fabric! Now I covet it!!!!

  6. WendyB says:

    Your project update is great. I have a question about your Wonderland project: It looked like each square you showed already had been quilted w/ batting and back. So how do you connect them all together w/ no seams showing?

    Also, I've been really enjoying your Stitch It Up a Notch series. The videos are really helpful. I'm going to try your scrap charger thing soon!
    gotta go sew! Wendy @ ThatSeamsFun

  7. Leah Day says:

    Hi Wendi – That's a great question! I haven't really decided how to connect them yet.

    This is a "quilt as you go" method where you quilt the blocks individually and then connect them later.

    I'm very tempted to do a binding method where I use binding strips cut at specific widths to connect the blocks.

    That would be the easy thing to do…

    But then I also have a wave edge ruler and am thinking about making the connecting strips wavy to go along with the snow theme of the quilt.

    I plan to do a post showing the two different bindings, plus info on how the blocks can be connected later next week.

    I'm muscling through this quilt! Only 4 blocks left!

    Let's go quilt!

    Leah Day

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