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We have just a few days left of our awesome Qnique 16X and 16X Elite sale! Now is the time to save 10% on these terrific beginner longarm machines:

We won't see longarm machines as low as $3914.10 again and I'm also including a free accessory kit this month with over $200 of essential quilting supplies including needles, thread and the all new Super Glide Quilting Foot!

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 see all Qnique Longarms.

Note - these sale prices and this Accessory Kit will end on January 31st at 11:30 EST. 

Machine Quilting Hearts

This week you'll find 6 awesome heart-filled quilting tutorials in this newsletter. Each video includes home sewing machine quilting AND quilting on a longarm machine. You'll see that the rules of the designs stay the same, but some things do change when quilting on a larger scale.

What is scale? That's the distance between your lines of quilting. I quilt on a small scale in home sewing machine tutorials so you can see the steps of the design clearly and see what multiple repetitions will look like. 

Small scale quilting is great for accents within quilt blocks, show quilting, and small projects like table runners and wall hangings that can be quilted densely.

On a longarm quilting machine, it's a lot easier to quilt big because the machine is on wheels and so much easier to move. Even if you don't have a longarm on a frame, watch these segments to see how to use the design to fill specific spaces in your quilts. Large scale quilting is great for bed quilts and throws because the quilt finishes soft and cuddly.

Heart Design #1 - Heart Paisley

This is one of my all time favorites. It's one of the designs I go to anytime so for me it's kind of like a homemade chocolate chip cookie - always just right:

#2 - Learn to Quilt English Ivy

When I see English Ivy leaves, I see little hearts. I combined these together with Stippling for a really simple quilting design that can be quilted anywhere, any scale:

Heart Quilting Design #3 - Bleeding Hearts

If you can quilt Heart Paisley above, you'll love this simple variation. Start with a tear drop shape, then echo with a heart shape around it:

#4 - You Can Quilt Electric Love

This is another fun design combo - Zippling is basically a zig-zaggy version of Stippling and when combined with hearts, it makes for an electric combination!

Heart Quilting Design #5 - Heart Flow

This design has lots of steps and involves echoing and travel stitching, which may be overwhelming for beginning quilters. Heart Flow is based on McTavishing so if you're struggling, give McTavishing a try first!

#6 - Set Your Quilts on Fire with Heartburn!

This is another favorite because it's such an easy combination of Sharp Stippling with Heart shapes:

Between these 6 heart quilting designs, you'll definitely be able to finish any Valentine's Day themed quilt you've pieced. Speaking of which, I'm still working on my Chain of Hearts quilt pattern, but I figured I'd give you a special Quilting Friends sneak peek:

This quilt pattern will be included in next week's newsletter so be on the lookout next Wednesday! I love seasonal quilts and this is such a fun, two color quilt created using the 2 at a time heart blocks we learned last week.

That's it for this week, . We did get some snow in NC this past weekend, but Betty and I missed it as we escaped to the beach Friday night.

It definitely wasn't warm, but it was the perfect way to renew and relax.

Let's go quilt,
Leah Day