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Happy 2023! Let's kick off this new year with a new free motion quilting design - ZoYo. Learn how to quilt ZoYo in this tutorial:

Click Here to find the ZoYo quilting tutorial.

I love grid quilting - stitching a design within a marked or pieced grid on your quilt. When quilting on my home sewing machine, I could pivot the little square and keep the lines pretty straight with plain Jane free motion quilting.

On my longarm, I had to use a ruler! Either the Ditcher Ruler or Slice Ruler are a great choice for quilting ZoYo on any style of machine.

Now where will this design work best? While ZoYo is gorgeous as an All Over Quilting style design, it's fairly time consuming. I used it to quilt this stocking for my son and it took a bit of time to finish:

But that quilted texture is totally worth it! Definitely give ZoYo a try on your next quilt and send us a picture so we can add it to this quilting tutorial.

January Sale - Beginner Longarm Machines

This month all of our entry-level Qnique 16X longarm machines are on sale! 

This new line of 16X machines feature 16 inches of harp space between the motor and needle. They have all been designed with improved bobbin winders and bright LED lights so you can see while you're stitching.

Click Here to learn more about Qnique 16X Longarms.

How much space will you have for quilting with a Qnique 16?

This is the most important factor when considering a longarm machine. The length of the harp space determines the largest size quilt block you can stitch in one pass. 

With any Qnique 16X, you'll be able to quilt a 10-inch quilt block in one pass on any frame.

This means you could stitch Mash Up Flower all in one go over a 10 inch quilt block without having to advance your quilt or break the flower motif in half.

If that sounds like an awesome amount of quilting space, the only other decision to make is which Qnique 16X is right for you! 

Click Here to check out these three machines and compare their features.

Exciting Project Coming Next Week...

Make sure to open next week's newsletter for this beautiful Snowflake Hoop Quilt tutorial. I'm delighted with how this turned out and how easy it was to stitch in a single day using our Sensational Snowflake Embroidery Designs.

What are you quilting this week? Have you started lots of projects to work on through this winter? Lately I've been challenging myself to keep things very, very simple so I can finish projects in a single day. 

It's a big challenge, but I love going from fabric and thread to a beautiful new project completed in one day. Be looking forward to this tutorial next week as well as a downloadable placement template to make stitching it super easy!

Let's go quilt,

Leah Day