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I hope you've had a safe and happy Christmas and New Year. I'm loving this January weather and dreaming of a big snow, which is pretty rare where I live in NC.

The great thing is we can always bring a touch of snow to our quilts with pretty quilting or embroidery or reverse shadow trapunto techniques!

This month all of our snowflake designs are on sale including:

Snowflake Mini Quilting Stencil - $4.00 - Stitch snowflakes easily over your quilt using this paper stencil as a guide. Print out the snowflakes, place them on your quilt, then stitch through the paper and quilt at the same time. Check out a video below to see how this worked as I quilted snowflakes and Swirls with Betty!

Sensational Snowflakes Embroidery Collection $6.50 - Quickly stitch 6 delicate snowflake designs using your embroidery machine. These designs are sized to fit the smallest embroidery hoops at 3.5 x 3.75 inches. Use the placement template to quickly create a snowflake hoop quilt in a day!

Watch this video to see all the steps to embroidering this Snowflake Hoop Quilt using both a small 4-inch embroidery hoop and a much larger hoop too:

Winter Wonderland Quilt Pattern $12.50 - Are you looking for a free motion quilting adventure this winter? Winter Wonderland will guide you through an awesome award-winning free motion quilting technique called Reverse Shadow Trapunto. This quilt gives you the opportunity to explore trapunto block-by-block and practice multiple free motion quilting designs as you create a stunning 50-inch square wall hanging.

I can't wait to see what you stitch with these beautiful snowflake designs on sale this January! If you make a Snowflake Hoop Quilt, a Winter Wonderland Quilt, or quilt using the Snowflake Mini Stencil, please get in touch and send us a picture. I love to see your beautiful quilting!

Qnique 16X and 16X Elite On Sale

This month we're highlighting the two best beginner longarm machines: Qnique 16X and 16X Elite. These longarms feature 16 inches between the needle and motor, bright LED lights, and excellent adjustable handlebars.

The Qnique 16X Elite Longarm Quilting Machine was our #1 seller this Christmas. Customers repeated mentioned the affordable price and beautiful stitch regulated stitches as being the deciding factor when purchasing this longarm machine. The 16X is on sale this month for just $3914.10 - an incredible price for a 16-inch longarm machine!

If you'd like a little more speed and an easier touchscreen interface, the Qnique 16X Elite Longarm is a great choice at $4814.10. This machine can produce 2100 stitches per minute and features a 7-inch touchscreen monitor that makes this machine a dream to operate.

I love to throw in extra accessories with our featured longarms, just to help you get started with the tools you need for terrific quilting. This month I'm including a free accessory kit with over $200 in tools, supplies, and printable quilting stencils to help guide your first stitches on your Qnique 16 longarm!

This accessory kit includes:

• New Super Glide Quilting Foot
• Longarm Magic Pins
• 10 pack of bobbins
• Size 16 longarm needles
• Size 18 longarm needles
• 1 spool Isacord Thread
• 6 Printable Quilting Stencils (digital download)

Click Here to shop all Qnique Longarms.

This is a great deal on Qnique 16X longarms, but is this the right time to dive in and upgrade your quilting setup? Click Here to read my Beginner Longarm Quilting Guide and make sure to read the section "Best Time to Purchase a Longarm Machine" to be sure if this is right for you.

Fast Load for Q-Zone Queen Frames

I promised last year when I shared the Cutie Breeze Loading Video that I had a new video in the works on loading the Q-Zone Queen Frame much faster using Magnum Magnets. 

This video went live Tuesday and I'm delighted with the response! Q-Zone Queen Frames are a very popular 8-foot quilting frame. You can load up to an 82 inch wide quilt on this rolling rail frame and using 15 Magnum Magnets per rail makes attaching your backing take only 5-10 minutes. 

See how fast this process can be in this video:

Click Here to find Magnum Magnets. I used 15 magnets per rail for a total of 30 magnets for this quilting frame.

I love how simple these are to attach to this frame in particular. The key is the groove in the back of the rails. This is the ONLY rolling rail frame that has this feature, so if you have a Q-Zone Queen, this is unique to just this frame.

That's it for this week! I am watching the sky and the weather reports for signs of snow, but know most likely the best way to bring a bit of winter into my home is with thread and fabric. I hope you'll give our snowflake designs a try this week and send in a picture of your quilting.

Let's go quilt,

Leah Day