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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.

17 Responses

  1. Andi says:

    I'm so glad you came back to her! She's beautiful. I do alot of my sewing without background noise too.

  2. twodraftmom says:

    Leah, yay! for you and for 'cup runneth over' . It's wonderful that you do blog so personally, its why we love you. And its a wonderful story about how quilting has helped you learn more about yourself. You are an inspiration to us all. I can't wait to see the end product and I love the background thread work.

  3. Donna says:

    I love the whole metacognative aspect of your blogging/quilting. These interior dialogues are necessary to the creative process – it's what makes an artist (in my humble opinion). I have to quilt. But I also have to blog about my quilting. That the two processes are so intertwined for you draws me to your words and your art!

  4. Janice says:

    I adore the landscape background. It totally sets her off in the perfect way.

  5. AnneMarie says:

    Wow. How amazingly personal – thank you for sharing and hitting some of the feelings we all go through while quilting right on the head. I agree that if you are not in the right mental state, then only the imperfections speak to you. But do it right, and the hum of the machine, the feel of the fabric and the silence is downright theraputic.

    I always work with quiet. It clears my head.

  6. Jennifer says:

    Wow! So glad you came back to this quilt which I've loved from the beginning. Love the quilting on it and can't wait to see how you finish her up.

  7. MarthaVA says:

    Two thumbs up – for the great blog and sharing with us — now I don't feel so strange for the feelings I went thru with my quilt…..
    And for going back to the quilt with a renewed outlook. 🙂

    Thanks!
    Martha

  8. Sherry says:

    What a beautiful job you did.

  9. debbie says:

    Oh, Leah, I'm so glad you are back to working on Her. She is beautiful and I love the landscape quilting behind her. It's wonderful that you are growing into the creative, confident, loving woman that God intended.
    Blessings

  10. Ken and Dot says:

    I have been waiting for you to return to her! Her concept is one of my favorites. Happy quilting!

  11. Beth says:

    She is amazing and so are you. I love your goddesses and all the meaning they symbolize.

  12. Pepe says:

    Hy, Leah. I would say to you in my bad english that I love your blog and projects so much! So georgeus are theY1 So I dedicated a special post to you on my new blog, I hope you'll appreciate it!
    http://www.ilblogdipepe.blogspot.com/

  13. Elzaan says:

    Congratulations on beating those dreadful feelings and thoughts. Now you can realy embed your love and passion into your quilt. I love the design – it is beautiful!!! May you enjoy working on her.

  14. Ethne says:

    More power to you – I personally think she's stunning now with the landscape behind and feel that you'll find the right form for the sky stitching – but hold off on the painting, paint with threads first and live with her again – I feel she needs to be 'light' just like you are now – well done

  15. Anonymous says:

    That is really beautiful and the amount of planning and preparation that you put into it floors me – each of the quilts I've done in the past has literally been wrestled onto the bed of my Bernina and then I've put pedal to the metal. Thanks for this – I'm really looking forward to reading your back-posts.

  16. Lori says:

    I ma pretty new to quilting and have begun studying quilts online to really get a better idea of how stitching can alter an art quilt and, wow, your landscape quilting is amazing for how it transforms the background. Just beautiful, of course, but also I love the dimensional depth it gives the image and the texture, too. Thank you for showing this process in its various stages.

  17. lw says:

    I agree, the new landscaping in the back of My Cup Runneth Over makes a huge positive difference. And the hair came out beautifully!

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