Hello My Quilting Friends

Meet Katie Baker from Baker Lane Studio and hear how she is quilting on vinyl and leather to make handbags. Katie is a chemist during the day, but decided to pursue making extra income with her sewing and quilting skills. She shares many places where she found great supplies and inspiration and how she planned her collection for months before taking her first stitch. Read more here: https://freemotionproject.com/2018/12/quilting-on-vinyl-and-leather-with-katie-baker.html

 Meet Ann Walsh and enjoy hearing about her awesome passion for free motion quilting in this episode of the Quilting Friend’s Podcast. Ann has a wonderful perspective on living a creative life and healing and growing through craft. 

This week I received a great comment from Ellie on YouTube about how to sew and quilt in a super tiny space. Ellie has no space for extra tables to take the weight of her quilt and was wondering how she would manage to quilt her quilts in such a small area. In this episode I share the news from around the house first, then share my tips and ideas for quilting in a tiny space on only a single sewing table. 

This weekend I found myself faced with an unusual opportunity to teach a 6 and 7 year old how to sew, while also cooking a Thanksgiving meal! We had a great time, the girls finished 4-patch pillows, and both were thrilled with the results. I share my thoughts and what I picked up and learned from teaching them, plus lots of details about the Friendship Quilt Along and the first block pattern which will be launching for the very best deal on Thanksgiving day! Come learn more about this fun skill-building quilting project! https://leahday.com/pages/friendship-quilt-along

I just got back from International Quilt Festival in Houston, TX, where I demonstrated longarm quilting with rulers with Grace Company. In this podcast episode, I share my thoughts about the show, mostly details about the vendors and quilters I met, and things I picked up along the way. I returned home excited to get back into the swing of things and prepare for our next quilt along! Get a preview of the blocks we will be piecing and quilting together in 2018 as I take photos of several photos of the blocks as I'm talking through the podcast.

This week I'm digging deep on Leah's Friendship Sampler Quilt and running loads of math calculations and drawing diagrams. It's a lot of work in a short space of time that needs to be done before Thanksgiving! So this episode is just a quick check in on how things are going as I relax and pack away my collection of lace scraps into a new apothecary cabinet. Read more here: https://freemotionproject.com/2018/11/pattern-writing-in-a-hurry-quilting-friends-podcast-82.html

I had a blast at Hart Square Festival! In this episode I share stories from the weekend, reenacting and hand quilting in a 1840's era log cabin. It was such an amazing experience stitching with four women on a quilt that only gets worked on one day a year. Read more and find photos here: https://freemotionproject.com/2018/10/hand-quilting-and-reenacting-at-hart-square-podcast-81.html

Hello My Quilting Friends! Today I'm sharing a simple Crafty Cottage chat as I reset my sewing machine and turn pieces for my next Ms. Bunny doll. I share about a new craft I'm learning, how to make things with more value, and a bit about book writing too. Read more about what's going on here:

Listen to the quilt story and inspiration behind Hot Cast, a goddess quilt Leah Day created in 2011.

Listen to Leah Day read Chapter 1 and part of Chapter 2 from her new book Mally the Maker and the Queen in the Quilt. This is a quilt fantasy novel about a 10 year old little girl and her adventures in a magical quilt world called Quilst. Join Mally, Patch, Ms. Bunny and a host of fun characters as they battle the evil Queen of Quilst to save Mally's grandma. Preorder your copy of the book right here: https://mallythemaker.com/products/mally-the-maker-book-1

This week I'm getting back to interviews with a new quilting friend Emily King! Emily just started quilting this past spring when she inherited a sewing machine and fabric from her grandma. She's also a photographer and has shared beautiful photos to her Instagram account for the past three years. In this podcast, we talk about quilting, photography, being a wife and mom and finding a creative balance.

If you're in the market for a much bigger machine should you be looking at midarms or longarms? What the heck is a midarm anyway? Learn more in this podcast episode with Leah Day! Read more here: https://leahday.com/blogs/machinequilting/midarm-or-longarm

I received a great question this week about storing and hanging quilts so I decided to do an episode on it! Learn how I store my quilts rolled up in a tube in the closet and also how I hang my quilts on the wall. Read more here: https://leahday.com/blogs/machinequilting/how-to-store-and-hang-your-quilt

A quilting friend, Dawn, wrote in to ask if I would share a podcast on naming quilts and adding a quilt tag. Find tips on making this easy and fun and the importance of tagging. No, this doesn't have to be a big, complicated endeavor. Even just signing the back of your quilt with the right kind of pen is better than nothing. Find the show notes here: https://leahday.com/blogs/machinequilting/name-and-tag-your-quilts-please-quilting-friends-podcast-74

Today I'm sharing 5 tips for giving quilted gifts this Christmas and my best advice for enjoying the holidays to the fullest! Read more at: https://leahday.com/episode73

Hear the story of Leah's least favorite goddess quilt, why she had to burn the first version of it, and the lessons learned along the way. Find the episode show notes and lots of photos of this quilt here: https://leahday.com/emergence

This past week we celebrated the 9th anniversary of the Free Motion Quilting Project! Today I'm sharing the lessons I've learned over the years from working with my husband to being true to myself and what I most need to share. Read more here: https://leahday.com/episode71

I've been working on a quilt for 4 years and today I'm binding the edges and reflecting on the mistakes I've made, and what I've learned along the way. Read more here: https://leahday.com/dream

This week's podcast is about Facebook and my recent decision to archive my Facebook groups and minimize the time I spend on social media. I've come to realize recently that most of the popular social media platforms are extremely addictive and suck loads of time out of my day that could be spent quilting. It was also becoming a problem for my husband as well so we've both decided to archive the groups and focus on teaching and sharing videos on the FreeMotionProject.com and LeahDay.com exclusively. Read more here:https://leahday.com/blogs/machinequilting/why-facebook-is-not-a-place-for-my-quilting-friends-podcast-episode-69

This week I'm sharing about my inner negative voice and how I overcame this challenge to my life and business by making a quilt about it! Check out the Shadow Self quilt and read and watch more videos on the design process here: https://leahday.com/shadowself