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I have many exciting things to share in this week's newsletter, including - for the first time ever - a sortable Free Motion Quilting Gallery! But first ⏰ there's just a few more days to save thousands on the Qnique 19X Elite longarm or Qnique 21X Elite longarm.

The Qnique 19X Elite longarm is my personal favorite with 19 inches of space between the needle and motor, a huge 7-inch touchscreen monitor, and the ability to stitch 2600 stitches per minute.

I feel like this machine is the Goldilocks of all Qnique longarms because it's "just right." You'll be able to quilt across 14-inch quilt blocks - all the way to the bottom edge of a king-sized quilt. This machine is currently discounted over $2700 off MSRP. 

Click Here to find a 19X Elite for $6704.10

And you can bundle this machine with a Cutie Breeze, Q-Zone Hoop or Q-Zone Queen frame for FREE! Each frame is a little different, so Click Here to read more about all of our different quilting frames to understand how they work, how big they are, and their different loading methods.

See how this machine compares to quilting on a home sewing machine and learn a fun free motion quilting filler at the same time! Learn how to quilt Knotted Net in this video (Jump to time 2:13 to see the 19X Elite):

The Qnique 21X Elite Longarm is also on sale for over $2500 off MSRP. This machine is 2 inches larger than the Qnique 19X Elite and you can bundle the Evolution Hoop Frame with it for free!

The advantage of this machine and quilting frame is it's an affordable entry point to longarm quilting AND space saving. The footprint of the Evolution Hoop Frame is much smaller, but you can upgrade and expand it anytime to a full sized, 12-foot Evolution Elite Frame.

This is a great option for quilters who want to start smaller and have the option to expand later.

Click Here to find the Qnique 21X Elite for $8954.10, plus get the free Evolution Hoop Frame included with your machine.

Easy to Find Easy Quilting Designs

Since the start of the Free Motion Quilting Project, sorting the designs has been the biggest request, and my greatest challenge. But now it's finally happened - you can now sort the first 150 designs from the project by difficulty - Click Here to find the Gallery

Thanks to a fancy new app, and a lot of tedious fiddling (it's not the easiest to use), you can now click the top buttons to find Easy, Intermediate, or Advanced Designs. Click the images to find a video and see how to quilt each design.

Use the numbers at the bottom of the image area to page forward to see more designs. Right now 150 designs are linked up and ready for you to browse - which is more than I've ever been able to display on a single page at a time! Yes, this should be finished to have all 365 free motion quilting designs organized by next week.

I hope you'll share this new gallery with your quilting friends, online and at your local Quilt Guild or Quilt Bee. The link is very easy to remember: LeahDay.com/365

Thank you for sharing this and helping to support this quilting resource.

Quilting Game Changer - Hummingbird Hoop Preorder

Are you not into the idea of a longarm machine at all? The Hummingbird Hoop is specifically designed to help home machine quilters. Learn how it works in this video:

Click Here to Preorder a Hummingbird Hoop. These are expected to arrive in early October and we hope to be shipping them on or around October 20th. 

Here's the problems this free motion quilting hoop will solve:

• 😡That "stuck" feeling of the quilt not wanting to budge cause it's caught on the edge of your machine or extension bed.
• 😫Constantly having to stop and reposition the quilt so it can move smoothly.
• 😬Inability to see where you've quilted and where to go next because the quilt is in your way.
• 😖That shoulder and back ache you get from hours of wrestling with a big quilt.

However, there are a few downsides... this is a hoop frame, which means you will need to have your quilt layered with the backing fabric, batting, and quilt top smoothed out. This is a downside for lots of quilters who are sick of basting quilts on the floor. 

Tip - I layer my quilts for hoop frames on a wall! Click Here to find the tutorial.

You'll also need to adjust to zone quilting, which is a little different from free motion quilting without a hoop. Basically you hoop the quilt starting in the upper left corner of the quilt and stitch across in rows. 

This creates a logical quilting flow - left to right, top to bottom - but it might be an adjustment if you're used to quilting from the center of your quilt and off in any direction you like.

But even with these downsides, I think the Hummingbird Hoop is going to make free motion quilting feel easy and fun. This is designed to work on your kitchen table and includes the gliding mat (27 x 51-inches) so the wheels of the hoop don't catch on the seams of your table!

That's it for this week, . After seeing the quilting designs coming together on the gallery, I have to give free motion quilting a try on my little Singer Heavy Duty.

Be looking forward to seeing some pretty free motion quilting next week... possibly another way to make machine quilting easier on even the smallest home machines.

Let's go quilt!

Leah Day 🌞