Five Years of March 18th

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.

13 Responses

  1. Anonymous says:

    I write everyday but I don't blog regularly. SO I know what I have been up to. I like this thought and hope that it inspires me to post what I am up to. I do post on my FB page – I need to re-focus back to my blog – I had a lot of fun when I was doing that. Thank you for your posts and sharing all your knowledge. Very inspiring!

  2. QuiltShopGal says:

    Great blast from the past and an amazing 5 years. Thank you for all you have done to help teach and inspire quilters around the world.

    QuiltShopGal
    http://www.quiltshopgal.com

  3. Leah Day says:

    Aw! Thanks a bunch Darlene!

  4. Leah Day says:

    I like the idea of following your joy. Sometimes it feels wonderful to post. Sometimes I'd rather hide under a rock, but I've kept steady because it's so important to keep a continual flow of creativity going.

  5. Anonymous says:

    What a great 5 years! Here's to another awesome 5+++
    When I made the switch from blogging everyday to just 2-3 times per week it was a huge relief and honestly I don't think it made much difference in my traffic 🙂

  6. Pat Smith says:

    I definitely remember this time last year…I was preparing to go thru one of the toughest years…dealing with breast cancer, surgeries and chemo. And if that wasn't enough to deal with I also had cataract surgery on both eyes. You are so right about keeping a journal or blogging. I wish I had started one last year. Would have been interesting to go back and read my thoughts about my journey…but I do have my phone calendar and at a glance I know where I was and what I was doing. It was during my recovery that I found your blog. Even tho I was not sewing or quilting at the time I did follow you…every day. Can't explain it but watching you quilt and listen to and read about your stories gave me comfort. I am greatfull for the time you share with us. I am on the road to wellness now and trying to get back into quilting but it has been a slow process, but one day at a time. Thank you for letting me share. You are an inspiration to me…every day. Maybe one day when you are bored or have nothing to do, hahaha, you could give us a some information on how and where to start a blog. I have thought about starting but really have no idea where to start. It would definitely be a good reminder of where we have been.

  7. Anonymous says:

    Great fun to go back and look at what you were doing five or so years ago I very often 'nip' back to my past to see how much my quilting has improved. I get a great kick from it. I agree with QuiltShopGal, you have done an awful lot for quilters around the world. Keep it up….please.

  8. Leah Day says:

    It sounds like you've been through quite a year Pat! I'm so glad to hear you are healing well and working back to full heath. As for starting a blog, you can easily start a blogger or WordPress blog for free just by following through the start tutorial on the main sites (www.blogger.com or http://www.wordpress.com). It's very easy to set up, so the most time consuming part might be picking the name of your blog and the template! Good luck and take care.

  9. Leah Day says:

    I agree completely Christa! Facebook and Instagram have also allowed me to feel connected and creative even when I don't have time to write a whole post.

  10. Susan Arnold says:

    Congrats on five years! You've come a long way, and it's fun, yet sometimes scary, to look back at our beginnings! But we all have to start somewhere

  11. Monica says:

    Great post, Leah! It IS interesting to look back, and I really appreciate the photo of your scraggly feather. I find it very encouraging! Everyone starts as a beginner, and I appreciate the reminder. 🙂

  12. Pat Smith says:

    Thanks for the info. I will check them out. Hope it doesn't turn into just another project I don't finish. But I do love reading everyone's blog.

  13. Jackie says:

    What a timely post, I was working on a quilt top today trying to do feathers and perfect or even close they are not. Seeing the feather picture above reminded me that we all have to start at the beginning and to stop myself from being so negative that it wasn't better. After reading today's message I'm going to finish this ##%%$% thing and then jump right into something else and keep going. Thank you

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