Hi ,

 

This week I’m unboxing and setting up the Q-Zone hoop frame from Grace Company. This is my first time really getting to know a hoop frame, and during setup while I spoke with Josh I realized not everyone knows what a hoop frame actually is... a hoop frame is a space-saving system that can hold a home machine and make it move around like a longarm.

 

Watch me build my Q-Zone frame and quilt with a home sewing machine in this quilting tutorial:

Click Here to learn more about the Qzone. Yes, we are official machine and frame dealers for Grace Company! Feel free to send me any questions you have about this frame here.

Luann Fischer was on the podcast with me last week to talk about how video games were limiting her quilting time. This is a topic very close to my own heart as I struggled with a gaming addiction to a money-hungry, casino-like mobile app game. Luann quit gaming cold turkey after listening to my Word of the Year episode in January

 

Click Here to watch the full podcast. As always, I share what I've been up to around the house with the various projects I'm working on.

For our final video tutorial on the Friendship Quilt Along Block #5 Scrap Overload Block, we're jumping on the Grace Qnique longarm and quilting my new favorite design, undulation.

 

 

Yes, you can get started today with this quilt along because all of the tutorials and videos will remain online forever!

 

You’ll remember the design Undulation from the Tree of Life Block. I chose this one on this month’s block because it adds a nice flowing texture over the blocky, boxy shapes. It’s also very fast to quilt which is great because the piecing took so long.

 

So that's it for this week, .

 

We talked about gaming addiction this week in the podcast, so let's finish with a positive addiction...

 

A FAR better addiction to cultivate is crafting, learning new skills, reading, or relaxing! Sure, these things are harder. It takes more effort to learn a new skill and sometimes that doesn’t feel fun when things don’t work out.

 

I hope hearing from Luann and me have been helpful. This is a topic I feel very strongly about because I honestly feel like I lost 2 years of my life to a stupid video game. I don’t want that to happen to anyone else!

Let’s go quilt,

Leah Day