Love Yourself Quilting

Published: Thu, 09/07/17

Pot of Petunias
Hi ,

It's time to piece our ninth block for the Machine Quilting Block Party, the Pot of Petunias quilt block.

This is the last block featuring three flowers with stems and a big vase. Do I hear you exhaling with a gasp of relief? Blocks #5, #7 and #9 have been on the complex side with lots of little pieces to create the stems and flowers.

But piecing slightly more challenging blocks like this is a good thing!

It forces you to pay attention to your cutting and piecing on each seam. Many quilters have built great new piecing skills on these blocks and shared their progress to the Block Party Facebook Group.
  How to Make a Pot of Petunias Quilt Block - Traditional Patchwork Quilting Tutorial with Leah Day
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Peg P shared her Triple Tulip block and a disaster story about accidentally spraying the right side with spray basting. The great news is she was able to remove the glue from the surface using rubbing alcohol.

Here is Peg's Triple Tunic block below; I think it looks terrific, don't you?
Triple Ts
This Week's Podcast: Love Yourself Quilting
Jennifer Farsh
Hello My Quilting Friends! Yesterday I shared a wonderful interview with Jennifer Farsh, an online quilting friend.

Jennifer is a quilting hobbyist and today we're talking about how she's using this awesome craft to love herself and feel happier every day.

Jennifer doesn't have a website or blog, but you can see her kindness and loving nature in every comment and post she shares on Facebook and YouTube. Honestly it makes my day, nearly every day, to see a message from Jennifer!

And that's why I asked Jennifer to be on the show. I wanted to have a real life chat with this sweet person and get to know her better. Turns out, Jennifer resides in SC, which isn't that far away from me, and I would never have known this if I hadn't reached out and asked her to be on the show.

Never discount the power of a kind message. It might just help you build a new friendship.
  Love Yourself Quilting Affirmations with Jennifer Farsh, Podcast Episode #28
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Jennifer shared many pictures with me from the projects she's working on right now. She's working on a Flower Festival quilt for the Machine Quilting Block Party and already put the first six blocks together:
Flowest Fest
And she's also quilted this beautiful peacock panel:
Peacock
How to Quilt a King on a Home Machine
Quilt a King
The sponsor for the show this week is Quilting a King on Your Home Machine, a fun quilting workshop that will guide you through all the steps to quilting a huge quilt on a small home machine.


The workshop will be on sale this week for $19.99, five dollars off the usual price of $24.99.

So that's it for this week.

I've finally shot the last photos for the new book on walking foot quilting and it feels great to finally have that responsibility finished. I still have some editing to wrap up, but that will be done by the end of the week. Yay!

Let's go quilt,

Leah Day