Duchess Reigns #6 – Marking the Top and Stitching Samples

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.

11 Responses

  1. jo says:

    Quelle énergie tu as pour mener à bien tes projets tout en t'occupant de tes enfants!
    Bonne chance pour la suite et prends le temps de respirer….!
    Amicalement, jo

  2. Pat Merkle says:

    Take your time and enjoy the process, not just the end result. It's fun just hearing occasional snippets of how this quilt is progressing. And from what I see so far, it is going to be STUNNING!

  3. Jessim says:

    Wow Leah- those samples are beautiful.

    I dream about showing quilts, and last night the speaker at our guild was all about 'no matter what level of quilt you are making, just submit it', but of course, I know that just isn't true.

    I would love if you share more posts about your process in making masterpiece quilts and the show process.

    I do hope this one is intended for show- just the samples are phenomenal.

  4. It looks amazing! Are you dying the fabric after you quilt it? Just wondering because it looks like you have marked the white fabric.

  5. Keep up the great work! You are living a dream many do not have the chance to do so, enjoy!
    Have a great day.
    Always, Queenie

  6. Nina Paley says:

    Gaaaah those thread samples are beautiful. Wow.

  7. Deb Marshall says:

    Wow is all I have to say… so beautiful!

  8. Thats really AMAZING…nice greatings from Berlin

  9. Jessim, there was a time when if you belonged to a quilt guild you would submit perfectly ordinary quilts and they were welcome in the local shows. I didn't get to see any local shows this year, but one thing I know. I missed the ordinary quilts this year.

  10. B says:

    As always just blown away by your artistry with tread. Simply beautiful.

  11. For Jessim… just do it! Enter something and get the thrill of seeing your work hanging.

    Our small town quilt show had a 'first quilt' category and also a senior category for quilters over 65 years who felt they might be slipping a big….

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *