Torrent of Fear – Part 3

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.

15 Responses

  1. Helen says:

    Before I got to part that said you had a solution, I was think 'what about felting some wool yard in strands?' Anyway, you idea will look awesome.

  2. LOL I have a dog with very long black hair and she sheds all over the place! You need 'hair'! LOL!! (however that is not that funny I remember once hearing about a lady who would make sweaters or rugs out of loved pet hair for people!!)

  3. Janet O. says:

    I love the dimension and texture the yarn added. Wonderful idea, but I can't believe you went to such great lengths to get what you wanted. Amazing!

  4. danih03 says:

    I love the hair! Can't wait to see your quilting choices!

  5. Teresa says:

    I must have missed something. I was going to suggest using the round plastic disc on your darning foot, but then you said your Horizon is broken. When did I miss that? Hope it's fixed soon. I can't imagine doing without mine now !

  6. Rachael says:

    Unbelievable Leah you have an amazing gift the yarn is so perfect worth the pain of quilting!

  7. Ellie-Mae says:

    I love spinning. So neat to see you're doing a bit too.

  8. Gudrun says:

    Oh itΒ΄s a wonderful quilt. I really can feel the fear!!!!

  9. twodraftmom says:

    You could use some water soluble embroidery film to deal with quilting that yarn. Then just rinse it out!

  10. Ethne says:

    Welcome to the world of spinning – when I've lost patience with piecing and quilting I spin – it can be relaxing and get me back into the quilting frame of mind, so I'm still productive

  11. Malini says:

    Leah, your goddess quilt looks absolutely beautiful! Love the hair and the trim around the clouds. Its just stunning.

    Talk about UFOs, my husband things that I just like to start project after project :-)…
    Now its time for finish some of them.

  12. S says:

    Your yarn is gorgeous, Leah! You are so resourceful πŸ™‚ I love how you live by the words, "necessity is the mother of invention" πŸ™‚ And I'm so glad to hear you treating yourself kindly despite changes to your monthly goddess quilt resolution πŸ™‚ Beautiful job all around!
    Best,
    Jae

  13. Adam Yoeckel says:

    I know you are doing/have done goddess quilts and they are more than just quilts. I was just wondering if you have ever done a male version of any ideas, or any ideas that would work. I understand the female aspect of the quilts but, just had an idea that I wanted to share.

  14. Leah Day says:

    Adam – While I haven't created a male inspired quilt yet, I do have a few sketched and will hopefully get to one this year. I guess it would be sexist of me to never make a quilt with a guy in it, right?!

    Cheers,

    Leah

  15. When I lecture my tag line is, "there are no mistakes in quilting, just opportunities and learning experiences." I had my share of learning experiences where I embellished first and quilted second. Now I piece, quilt and then add the embellishments. Don't you just love all those gifts of opportunities that push in new directions and cement why we chose to work the way we do?

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