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This week I've been continuing my progress on the Peaceful Goddess quilt blocks and shot a quilting tutorial on how I fill the spaces in this quilt with one of my favorite machine quilting designs: Sharp Stippling.

Sharp Stippling is one of my favorite quilting designs because it's so easy to quilt and creates a beautiful flame-like texture on your quilts. If you're feeling bored with regular Stippling, this design is kind of like it's younger, hotter brother. Funky!

Click Here to watch a video on quilting sharp stippling on the Grace Qnique.

Quilting over fusible applique might not seem like a big deal, but it can feel different under your hands. I find fused quilts to feel stiffer and flatter than pieced quilts.

Surprisingly enough, this makes fusible quilts easier to machine quilt because the quilt is easier to move over the table. Something about that added stiffness makes the quilt less "sticky" to the machine bed and easier to move with less pressure and effort from your hands.

Last month I shared the free Mega Pinwheel Star quilt pattern using the beautiful Monaluna fabrics included in April's Quilty Box.

Rather than fold it up to quilt another day, Dad and Josh challenged me to plan a very simple, quick quilting design and film it for a new quilting workshop.

I decided to dive into walking foot quilting and pick three very simple designs to quilt the Mega Pinwheel Star quilt quickly and easily.

I'm delighted with how the videos are turning out so far. It's really exciting to go from a basic idea to halfway through quilting the quilt in just a few days.

The fact is, not all quilts need to be quilted with a complicated, time consuming design. For this quilt, I just wanted it to finish soft and cozy so James and I can enjoy cuddling up with it on the couch. I even backed it with minky so it's super plush.

I'll keep you posted on the progress of this new quilting workshop, which should be available sometime in June.

Today I have a terrific interview with Stephanie Kendron, the host of the Modern Sewciety podcast. 

Stephanie began her podcast while remodeling her dream house after listening to lots of podcasts.

Hosting a podcast is a lot more complicated than it looks. The hardest part of a podcast is knowing where someone is listening and how they found your podcast. It's almost impossible to track exactly where people are listening and how many people.

Stephanie's favorite conversations are when quilters open up and share their lives and personal journey. For her, the story is the key and that's why she created her podcast and continues to ask questions.

Make sure to check out Stephanie's podcast Modern Sewciety right here.

And you can find all of the Hello My Quilting Friends podcast episodes right here.

So that's it for this week! I hope you enjoy quilting the new free motion design. Until next time, let's go quilt,

Leah Day