FMQ Friday – Something to Listen To While Quilting

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. Anonymous says:

    TED is wonderful! Thank you for writing about it.
    Esther
    esthersipatchandquilt at yahoo dot com

  2. Cool! I never though about listening to "talk" while quilting. I always put on some music, usually jazz or old crooners. But then I have three boys and they provide more than enough "talk" as it is. The FMQ linkys are so inspiring. Thanks so much for writing your amazing blog. Have a super day!

  3. One of my favorite TED Talks is by Shea Hembrey titled how I became 100 Artists. This one is best viewed, versus just listened to.

    Good for you, Leah for hanging in there with your latest Duchess quilts. She reigns supreme, just as you do.

  4. Amy says:

    I love TED talks! Especially since I have three kids 8 and under at home all day. I'd like to think it helps combat "mommy brain"!

    Hope you feel better soon!

  5. Jake says:

    I love NPR podcasts! I'll bet you would also love The Story…some episodes better than others but I do not miss it! Also, you might also enjoy Radio Lab…kinda science but they've got a neat spin on it. You might check them out. And, if you like something short and Funny, The Moth is great–live people telling true stories on stage without notes…yup yup, I originally got my IPod JUST for podcasting! Really just for This American Life, but then I found SOOOOO much more!
    Don't give up on your building either! I had my eye on a building for 5 years…tried to cold call buy it but NO…it was given away to another person….tried to buy it but NOOO….then one day he came to me asking me to buy it….I was so excited!!! But… I knew he was in a bind and I sat for a bit and hot it $20,000 cheaper than I had originally offered him….WHOOHoo!
    You can soooo do a quilt shop/training shop. You are a very business oriented chick with great talent and a huge following. I've been with you since the beginning!
    I owe everything I know about FMQ to YOU and I never miss an opportunity to tell folks that when they see my quilts. Thank you!

  6. Samantha says:

    Every time I come to your site and see your quilting I get so inspired to get to work on my myriad of FMQ projects that are just waiting for me!

    Thanks for the inspiration!

  7. Toni Jenkins says:

    I wanted to tell you how much I am enjoying watching the Duchess Reigns quilt progressing. Its a huge project, and normally we see these projects Finished – TaDah! Its easy to think it was a simple plain sailing ride from conception to finished. Its also very easy to underestimate how much time a project like this takes. I've found it inspiring seeing this quilt develop. Its wonderful seeing you take a break from it, break it up into little bits, doubt whether you are worth it, setting little goals (one bobbin per day) etc. Thank you for opening a window on the actual creative process.

    Wish I lived closer so I could see it in real life, but New Zealand is a Long Way Away

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