Hi , 

I have two free motion quilting tutorials for you today featuring fast, easy designs. These designs would be a great choice for quick quilting because they don't involve travel stitching.

Travel stitching or traveling is the process of stitching over a previous line of stitching. This is a technique I use often in quilting designs to move from one area to another, to form certain shapes, and to add drama and texture to the design.

But traveling adds time. I have to slow down and really concentrate and that's the opposite of what I want to do when I'm quilting in a hurry!

So it makes sense if you're in a hurry and need to finish your quilt quickly to pick designs with no travel stitching and a very fast quilting flow. See what I mean in this quick video on a very speedy design called Hot Hot Spiral:

Would you like to easily find more quilting designs with minimal travel stitching? Click Here to find our new All Over Quilting Design Gallery.

Please don't assume that these designs will only work fast on a home machine set in a table. If a particular quilting design is quick to quilt with a sit down machine, it will be even faster to quilt on a quilting frame.

The second design we're learning today is Flame Key and it was very fast and easy to quilt on my Cutie Frame on the Baby Onesie T-Shirt Quilt.

Click Here to find the full tutorial on quilting edge to edge across this t-shirt baby quilt.

By the way, Cutie Frames are on sale for the lowest price ever to make way for the new Cutie Breeze Frame coming out later this month. If you'd like to get a great deal on a fun hoop frame and be able to get it right now, Click Here to find the Cutie for only $499.95.

Quilters Christmas Advent Calendar

I can't believe it's already November and the holidays are right around the corner. I'm really looking forward to this Christmas season for all the great food and fun and the new Quilter's Advent Calendar that will start arriving in my email on December 1st.

I'm a participating designer for this project and very excited about the fun pattern I've created for quilters. If you decide to join in the fun, you'll receive:

• 25 downloadable patterns with full size templates where needed
• Easy to understand instructions with lots of photos
• Great range of projects
• Suitable for all skill levels
• Fun surprise to open each day!

Click Here to join in the fun this year.

Hart Square Quilting Adventure

Of course Hart Square Festival was the very best day of the year yet again.  I finished my new dress just in time and enjoyed quilting with four wonderful quilters all day. 

We literally stitched until we dropped, and made amazing progress on a quilt that is only worked on one day a year. While I have no regrets about making an authentic 1860s Victorian work dress, I found this level of authenticity (and wearing a corset all day) to be a bit much.

I don't think historical reenacting is for me, other than a few events a year at Hart Square. Years ago, I thought reenacting would be a fun hobby, but with a bit of real life experience, I see it's actually a very challenging test of skill, body, and endurance.

I'm not upset in the least for the time and effort it took to answer this question. The only way to know if we like something, even a little bit, is to dive in and give it a solid try. I have learned a lot about sewing and myself and for that, I am grateful. 

I also have a corset to wear... you know, just in case my life ever depends on it. LOL!

I hope you've enjoyed hearing about my adventures this week. Have you ever spent months making something only to find it not needed or not what you wanted? Share your experience by replying to this newsletter!

Let's go quilt,

Leah Day