Do You Believe It's Day 500?

Published: Wed, 09/19/18

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Happy Day 500!

This week we hit a major milestone on the Free Motion Quilting Project with Design #500 - Matrix Star.

To celebrate, we're running a huge sale this week where you can save up to 50% on our books and patterns. We're also putting on sale all of my favorite quilting tools.

Save up to 50% through Monday, September 24th

Save 50% on digital quilt patterns* and books. Books include 365 Free Motion Quilting Designs, Explore Walking Foot Quilting with Leah Day, and How to Piece Perfect Quilts. Click Here to check out all of our books and patterns.
30% off all quilting workshops like How to Quilt a King on a Home Machine and Heart and Feather Wholecloth Workshop. Click Here to check out our workshops.
Save 20% on fun gadgets and supplies like the Dresden Template Set, Leaf Peepers Fat Quarter Pack, Razzle Dazzle Decorative Thread, and our cute Quilter's Cell Phone Stand.
10% or more off on all of our quilting tools. Click Here to check out the tools I use every day when quilting.

* Leaf Peepers Quilt Pattern is excluded

Deluxe 8 Foot Set for the Eversewn Sparrow

This Deluxe Quilting Foot Set is a collection of the 8 most important feet for piecing, applique and machine quilting. This is the perfect add-on to your Eversewn Sparrow sewing machine.

Yes, this new foot set is also on sale. Click Here to learn more.

Echo Ditching for Leaf Peepers

Welcome back to the Leaf Peepers Quilt Along! Last week we pieced our last block, so this week it's time to tackle the quilting. I’ve decided to quilt my table runner with a combination of ruler foot quilting and free motion quilting.

Echoed ditching is my new favorite way to begin the quilting process. Instead of stitching right in the ditch, you quilt 1/4 inch away from the ditch.

Click Here to watch this week's Leaf Peepers video.

Advancing Your Quilt on a Longarm

For last week's Frame Quilting Friday, I reached a point with my double straight diamond quilt that I need to advance the quilt through the frame.

One of the main things I love about quilting on a long arm is how much faster and easier it fills. When I fill up space on my frame, it's exciting to advance to the next area so I can fill it up too. I began by pulling off my quilt clips and lifting the bedding and quilt top out of the space between the second and third rail.

Next I unlock the second rails and unroll the backing fabric that was rolled off on this side.

Click Here to watch the longarm tutorial.

Naming and Tagging Your Quilts

A few weeks ago I received a great podcast suggestion from Dawn. She wanted tips on naming quilts and also creating quilt tags with information.

I haven't named very many quilts, but I have named almost 500 quilting designs! My best advice is to pick the name that most easily comes to you. Yes, even if that's Blue Sawtooth, that's perfectly fine.

I do think it's nice to riff on the traditional block name if you happen to know it. Doing a bit of quilt block research is really nice and can help you understand more about the blocks you've pieced and the meaning behind them.

Click Here to read more and watch a video on naming and tagging your quilts.

So that's it for this week! Please take a look in our shop and take advantage of our sale this week. Practically everything has been discounted, and yes, our new Grace Company quilting rulers are also still on sale! We're happy to report we no longer have issues keeping these babies in stock.

Until next week, let's go quilt.

Leah Day