Bright and Busy Quilts

Published: Wed, 12/20/17

James hot chocolate
Hi ,

I hope you're enjoying these last few days before Christmas. I'm quickly finishing up gift quilts and wrapping presents to send to family and friends so I haven't been posting quite as much this week.

But I am really getting excited about our upcoming Machine Quilting Party starting on January 1st. I can't wait to share all my tips and tricks for walking foot quilting with you in 2018.

Speaking of the new year, would you like to keep your quilting projects and weekly goals more organized? The Quilter's Planner is still available, but copies are limited as the new year fast approaches.

This is a wonderful planner designed by a quilter, Stephanie Palmer, for quilters to stay on track with weekly and monthly goals. This planner is packed with resources and includes a beautiful magazine with fun quilts to create every month of the year.

You'll also receive a free Savannah Star quilt pattern in an instant download when you order.

Quilters Planner
Batik Heart Medallion Fabric Bundle
tote bag
We have some bundles of our Heart Medallion fabric remaining on the shelves. We've bundled together 1 yard each of blue and green fabric panels.

The heart medallions printed on this fabric are designed so you can easily quilt along the outline to secure the layers of your quilt together.

The Heart Medallion Batik panel measures approximately 34 x 44 inches.

You can make all sorts of projects with these panels, like this cute tote bag.

Heart Medallion Bundle
Busy Fabric Quilting with Christa Watson
Christa Quilt
We're taking a break from the podcast this week to bring you another quilting collaboration!

My awesome quilting friend Christa Watson has become a writing, designing, teaching rock star this year with her third book out this fall and her first line of fabric, Modern Marks launching as well.

So Christa sent me a mini quilt which was a resized version of a quilt from her book Piece and Quilt with Precuts and I got to quilt it.

When it comes to quilting over busy fabrics, you have to accept that your quilting design is going to take second place. Sometimes the fabric is the focal point of a quilt and it should shine the brightest.

So for this quilt, I let the machine quilting designs take a back seat and act as the support cast for the cheerful fabrics. I quilted with nearly matching gray thread over the gray and white background fabrics to help push them down so the bright fabrics could stand out.

Check out how I handled Christa's beautiful busy fabrics in this new quilting video:
  Quilting Over Bright, Busy Fabrics - Collaboration with Christa Quilts and Leah Day
Video
Quilting Along
Walking Foot Quilt Along
I hope you're as excited as I am about the new Machine Quilting Party and learning more about walking foot quilting in 2018.

Remember you can find your materials list and the schedule right here so you can prepare your materials so you're ready to start on January 1st.

But I know quilt alongs are never a one-size-fits-all and you might not like the quilts we're creating or walking foot quilting. The great news is I've been sharing quilt alongs since 2012 so you have a lot to choose from!

Click here to find all of the quilt along projects we've shared so far. All of the videos we share during the year remain online forever so it's never too late to join in the fun and make a beautiful quilt with me.

Now I'm off to finish up the last details for our new Machine Quilting Party, and figure out how to wrap a queen sized quilt for my niece. This should be a fun challenge.

Let's go quilt,

Leah Day