Hello My Quilting Friends

I'm out in the Crafty Cottage this week, finally clearing it of clutter two years after our basement renovation. Watch time lapses of the process as I take apart the home sewing machine setup and move it to a new corner and build a Hoop Frame Pro as well.Hoop Frame Pro: https://leahday.com/products/sale-q-zone-hoop-frame-pro-upgradeJanome 8200: https://leahday.com/products/janome-memory-craft-horizon-8200-qcp-seAffordable Sewing Table: https://leahday.com/products/affordable-sewing-table

It's a bit loud today as I'm cutting out circle templates using my laser cutter! Learn how I'm having fun 

We're catching up this week on news around the house in our new Teahouse! We've just had a Teahouse gazebo installed in the front yard and the biggest challenge will be never wanting to leave it.Betty is doing great, almost crawling and loving the sound of her voice (sorry if it got a bit loud!)I share some projects in the pipe as well as a bit of secret sewing / quilting and news about our new Circle Template Set:  https://leahday.com/products/circle-template-set

Yes, I'm changing the way I press seams! Since I began quilting in 2005, I've pressed seams open, mostly because it reduced bulk, made my blocks more accurate, and tended to be what I did when sewing garments.But now when I plan to longarm quilt my quilt top, AND I plan to stitch right in the ditch, I'm pressing seams to one side. The only reason I'm changing this technique after 16 years of quilting is because I noticed that combination - longarm quilting and ditching - to be a problem for my pressed-open seams.

I'm celebrating the New Year and sharing my goals and dreams for 2022 as well as my new Word of the Year!Check out the videos on the Christmas Tree Quilt here - https://freemotionproject.com/2021/11/quilting-my-christmas-tree-quilt-part-1.htmlMaximized Feather Block designs - https://leahday.com/products/maximized-feathers-qct-collectionMore podcast episodes! https://leahday.com/pages/hello-my-quilting-friends-podcast-with-leah-day

Meet my baby girl, Betty, in this Hello My Quilting Friends podcast #143.  I also share news from around the house, the latest tutorials I've shared, and my new quilting focus!

In this Hello My Quilting Friends Podcast I'm sharing my latest quilting and sewing projects and nesting for my baby girl, due to join us at the end of the summer!Fun things mentioned in this Quilt Friends Podcast:Mally Doll Pattern - https://leahday.com/products/mally-doll-sewing-pattern-downloadHow to Sew a Mally Doll - https://youtu.be/ugEOXWCAO0sHow to Sew Mally's T-Shirt - https://youtu.be/Ep1YiZAH74UMs. Bunny Doll Pattern - https://leahday.com/products/ms-bunny-doll-sewing-pattern-downloadGrace Company products are increasing in price on July 1st, 2021! - https://leahday.com/collections/grace-machines-and-framesHello My Quilting Friends is a podcast created by Leah Day that is all about quilting, running a creative business, and finding balance between work, quilts, and life. Find all the episodes published so far right here: https://leahday.com/podcastYou can also find a handy playlist with all the podcasts shared so far: https://youtu.be/48RXKFdcgsI?list=PLNkZhEjxH0nJmpNGCjE33ebcV6g_0qEhnThi

In this first Quilt Friends Podcast for 2021 I share how I have changed since becoming a Christian and finally address my serious addiction to work. Enjoy a very different podcast from before and an exciting announcement at the end!Note - this podcast is now uploaded to Rumble as well and you can find this episode here: https://rumble.com/vdw1i1-quilt-friends-podcast-141-made-new-in-more-ways-than-one.htmlFun things mentioned in this Quilt Friends Podcast:My new church - Hope Community Church in Shelby, NC. You can find our app in all app stores and download sermons and follow along.Cross Quilt I found on Ebay - https://www.ebay.com/str/fringethreadHandmade Quilting Tool Caddy - https://leahday.com/products/quilting-tool-caddyNew Downloadable Pantographs - https://leahday.com/products/longarm-pantograph-quilting-designsNew Pantograph Guidebook - https://leahday.com/products/pantograph-quilting-guidebookHelp support this podcast and make new friends! Join Leah's Quilting Friends Club here: https://www.qui

My Dream Achievement this year is to record the audiobook for Mally the Maker and the Queen in the Quilt. To make this dream a reality, I've decided to share one chapter a week for the next few months. Enjoy Chapter 2 in this podcast!Jump straight to Mally the Maker at time: 32:43Learn more about Mally the Maker here: https://mallythemaker.com/Make your own Ms. Bunny Doll! - https://leahday.com/products/ms-bunny-doll-sewing-pattern-downloadMagical Door Block from Mally the Maker - https://freemotionproject.com/2020/04/how-to-make-a-magic-door-block-mini-block-monday-14.htmlYes! I'm a Janome Dealer now! Find all the machines I'm currently carrying here: https://leahday.com/JanomeAnd the cute Easter Basket you can make with your mini blocks: https://leahday.com/products/easter-basket-mini-block-patternJoin the Dream Big Quilt Along and find all the posts here: https://leahday.com/products/dream-big-guidebookHelp support this podcast and make new friends! Join Leah's Quilting Friends Club her

My Dream Achievement this year is to record the audiobook for Mally the Maker and the Queen in the Quilt. To make this dream a reality, I've decided to share one chapter a week for the next few months. Enjoy Chapter 2 in this podcast!Jump straight to the topic at time: 13:04Learn more about Mally the Maker here: https://mallythemaker.com/Make your own Ms. Bunny Doll! - https://leahday.com/products/ms-bunny-doll-sewing-pattern-downloadFind the free mask pattern and video tutorial: https://leahday.com/MaskMagical Door Block from Mally the Maker - https://freemotionproject.com/2020/04/how-to-make-a-magic-door-block-mini-block-monday-14.htmlAnd the cute Easter Basket you can make with your mini blocks: https://leahday.com/products/easter-basket-mini-block-patternJoin the Dream Big Quilt Along and find all the posts here: https://leahday.com/products/dream-big-guidebookHelp support this podcast and make new friends! Join Leah's Quilting Friends Club here: https://www.quiltfriends.club/Hello My Quilting F

My Dream Achievement this year is to record the audiobook for Mally the Maker and the Queen in the Quilt. To make this dream a reality, I've decided to share one chapter a week for the next few months. Enjoy Chapter 1 in this podcast!Jump straight to the topic at time: 23:47Learn more about Mally the Maker here: https://mallythemaker.com/Find the free mask pattern and video tutorial: https://leahday.com/MaskNew Mini Block Monday Pattern - https://freemotionproject.com/2020/03/piece-a-card-trick-quilt-block-mini-block-monday-13.htmlAnd the cute Easter Basket you can make with your mini blocks: https://leahday.com/products/easter-basket-mini-block-pattern3rd Video for the Dream Big Quilt Along - https://freemotionproject.com/2020/03/ruler-quilting-gridlines-dream-big-quilt-along-3.htmlHelp support this podcast and make new friends! Join Leah's Quilting Friends Club here: https://www.quiltfriends.club/Hello My Quilting Friends is a podcast created by Leah Day that is all about quilting, running a creat

Kids are out of school and parents are working from home, but HOW do we get our work done? Learn my top 10 tips for working from home with kids in the house! Jump straight to the topic at time: 31:52Find the free mask pattern and video tutorial: https://leahday.com/MaskNew Mini Block Monday Pattern - https://freemotionproject.com/2020/03/piecing-leahs-carolina-lily-mini-block-monday-12.htmlAnd the cute Easter Basket you can make with your mini blocks: https://leahday.com/products/easter-basket-mini-block-pattern2nd Video for the Dream Big Quilt Along - https://freemotionproject.com/2020/03/ruler-quilting-leaf-veins-dream-big-quilt-along-2.htmlHelp support this podcast and make new friends! Join Leah's Quilting Friends Club here: https://www.quiltfriends.club/Hello My Quilting Friends is a podcast created by Leah Day that is all about quilting, running a creative business, and finding balance between work, quilts, and life. Find all the episodes published so far right here: https://leahday.com/podcastYou

This week I'm reading The Crisis by Thomas Paine, an article originally published in 1776. I  found strength from this during the past week of the Cronovirus crisis.Jump ahead to time 38:48 to get straight to The Crisis.The Dream Big Quilt Along has kicked off and you can find the first post here: https://freemotionproject.com/2020/03/kicking-off-the-dream-big-quilt-along.htmlYou can also find the Dream Big Guidebook here: https://leahday.com/products/dream-big-guidebookCheck out the newest Mini Block Monday here: https://freemotionproject.com/2020/03/four-leaf-clover-mini-block-monday-11.htmlAnd the cute Easter Basket you can make with your mini blocks: https://leahday.com/products/easter-basket-mini-block-patternHelp support this podcast and make new friends! Join Leah's Quilting Friends Club here: https://www.quiltfriends.club/Hello My Quilting Friends is a podcast created by Leah Day that is all about quilting, running a creative business, and finding balance between work, quilts, and life. Find

Just a warning - if you listen to this podcast you're really missing out on the weirdness. I tried shooting half the video in 360 and half with a regular camera and the results were... interesting! LOL!Check out the video here: https://youtu.be/359oFl3E7AMThe podcast is super short this week because I'm focusing on the Dream Big Quilt Along and creating a special guidebook to help you! I'm working to have this guide ready by Friday!Check out the newest Mini Block Monday here: https://freemotionproject.com/2020/03/how-to-piece-star-puzzle-mini-block-monday-10.htmlAnd the cute Easter Basket you can make with your mini blocks: https://leahday.com/products/easter-basket-mini-block-patternHelp support this podcast and make new friends! Join Leah's Quilting Friends Club here: https://www.quiltfriends.club/Hello My Quilting Friends is a podcast created by Leah Day that is all about quilting, running a creative business, and finding balance between work, quilts, and life. Find all the episodes pub

When you say Yes to everything, you are really saying No to the projects and quilts that take more time and are harder to create. Instead, say NO to the easy, unimportant projects you don't want to finish so you can say YES to your best!My little hoop quilt is the land of Quilst from Mally the Maker. Learn more about Mally and go on an adventure with her here: https://mallythemaker.comThe Dream Big Quilt Along, yep, it's going to be an official Quilt Along is going to begin March 13th and will focus on Ruler Quilting! Pick up your panel so you're ready to get started: https://leahday.com/products/dream-big-poppy-panelThe Mini Book of Mini Blocks is coming soon! Right now I'm focused on quilting for the Dream Big Quilt Along and will be making huge strides on the book as soon as this is finished.Qnique 19 Longarms are on sale in March 2020 - https://leahday.com/products/grace-qnique-19-frame-combosWe learned how to piece a Square in a Square block for Mini Block Monday this week: https://fr

Flexibility is key! This week I've had many reminders of how important it is to go with the flow and allow things to change in order to keep projects moving forward. The Dream Big Quilt Along, yep, it's going to be an official Quilt Along is going to begin March 13th and will focus on Ruler Quilting! Pick up your panel so you're ready to get started: https://leahday.com/products/dream-big-poppy-panelMini Block Monday is going strong, this week with Two By Two Heart blocks! https://freemotionproject.com/2020/02/how-to-piece-two-by-two-heart-blocks-mini-block-monday-8.htmlMarch 1st you'll be able to find the Easter Basket pattern here: https://leahday.com/basketYou can also get ALL the monthly Mini Block Patterns by joining the Quilt Friends Club. This helps support our business, this podcast, and all the quilting tutorials I share online! Join Leah's Quilting Friends Club here: https://www.quiltfriends.club/Hello My Quilting Friends is a podcast created by Leah Day that is all about qu

Please stop putting off making the quilts and projects you've most wanted to create! It may be difficult, but it's definitely easier than trying to create when your sewing space has been destroyed!Just in case you missed last week's podcast and tour of my recently flooded basement - https://freemotionproject.com/2020/02/epic-flooding-disaster-podcast-130.htmlHelp support us through this flood! https://leahday.com/waterfallThis week's Mini Block Monday - https://freemotionproject.com/2020/02/super-scrappy-heart-mini-block-monday-7.htmlThis week's new free motion quilting design - https://freemotionproject.com/2020/02/free-motion-quilt-swirling-hearts-design-507.htmlHelp support this podcast and make new friends! Join Leah's Quilting Friends Club here: https://www.quiltfriends.club/Hello My Quilting Friends is a podcast created by Leah Day that is all about quilting, running a creative business, and finding balance between work, quilts, and life. Find all the episodes published so

Yep, just a month after sharing my studio tour, our basement flooded. See a full tour of the basement and how much things have changed since the water rushed in. Please help support us during this time! Any order you place on our website helps us: https://leahday.com/shopCheck out the Dream Big Panel right here: https://leahday.com/products/dream-big-poppy-panelFind Mini Block Monday videos here: https://leahday.com/pages/mini-block-monday-quilt-piecing-tutorials-with-leah-dayCheck out the latest free motion quilting videos on both a home machine and longarm here: https://leahday.com/pages/free-motion-quilting-tutorial-library-6Help support this podcast and make new friends! Join Leah's Quilting Friends Club here: https://www.quiltfriends.club/Hello My Quilting Friends is a podcast created by Leah Day that is all about quilting, running a creative business, and finding balance between work, quilts, and life. Find all the episodes published so far right here: https://leahday.com/podcastYou can also find a

I'm stitching myself out of jail this week as I reach my stopping point on the double wedding ring quilt and put it away for a LONG time!Links to everything mentioned in this podcast:Check out the Dream Big Panel right here: https://leahday.com/products/dream-big-poppy-panelUpdated Quilt Gallery! https://leahday.com/GalleryUpdated Longarm Quilting Tutorials! https://leahday.com/FrameFind Mini Block Monday videos here: https://leahday.com/pages/mini-block-monday-quilt-piecing-tutorials-with-leah-dayCheck out the latest free motion quilting videos on both a home machine and longarm here: https://leahday.com/pages/free-motion-quilting-tutorial-library-6Help support this podcast and make new friends! Join Leah's Quilting Friends Club here: https://www.quiltfriends.club/Hello My Quilting Friends is a podcast created by Leah Day that is all about quilting, running a creative business, and finding balance between work, quilts, and life. Find all the episodes published so far right here: https://leahday.com

I'm keeping it simple this week and sharing the podcast as I prepare backing fabric and a Dream Big panel for quilting videos. I'm also sharing my thoughts on finishing the quilting on a big memory quilt very quickly.Jump to this time stamp to get straight to the show: 24:56* Sorry for the messed up audio. New mic decided to become a bad mic!Check out the Dream Big Panel right here: https://leahday.com/products/dream-big-poppy-panelColorful Pear Fabric! https://www.spoonflower.com/designs/9522019-pear-5-07-by-leah_dayI used the Organic Cotton Sateen to make 6 table napkinsFind Mini Block Monday videos here: https://leahday.com/pages/mini-block-monday-quilt-piecing-tutorials-with-leah-dayCheck out the latest free motion quilting videos on both a home machine and longarm here: https://leahday.com/pages/free-motion-quilting-tutorial-library-6Help support this podcast and make new friends! Join Leah's Quilting Friends Club here: https://www.quiltfriends.club/Hello My Quilting Friends is a podcast c