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It's a rainy day in my neck of the woods, so I'm jumping in the sewing room where it's cozy and dry and quilting up a storm of new designs. Speaking of new designs, let's catch up with the latest posted to the Free Motion Quilting Project:

This is Undertow, a super cool Foundational design that combines zigzags and spirals. Isn't it a funky combination of shapes? The awesome thing about Undertow is it will give you loads of practice on echo quilting, or the skill of stitching lines that are parallel to one another.

That's a super important skill to master, and this is a fun design to practice on so definitely give it a try this week!

Now let's catch up on the other articles posted to the project:

Color Play and Ruler Rant - I've been piecing like crazy lately and pulling loads of bright, cheerful colors out of my stash to play with. I received a timely question by email and decided to write about rulers (at length) in this article.

An Interesting Form of Therapy - This weekend I pulled out some white duck tape and trusted Josh to tape me from neck to waste to make a new dress form. The therapy came in the form of building trust, compassion, and self love as I accept my body just as it is.

59. Turning the Edges for Foundation Piecing + Applique - Yes! We have finally finished foundation piecing and in this extra long video you can learn exactly how I turn the edges of these big pieces smoothly and easily with starch and freezer paper.

Find all of these articles plus hundreds more right here on the Free Motion Quilting Project.

Are you looking for a nice gift to make someone special, but also a good project to learn free motion quilting at the same time?

If so, you should definitely check out the Craftsy class Free Motion Fillers Volume 2!

In this class, we learn 50 fun quilting designs and stitch all of them together in a large tote bag project. The wonderful thing about the project is it's small enough to be manageable on your home sewing machine, but the finished bag is definitely big enough to make a statement.

The class itself is broken down into multiple lessons so the information is easy to handle. Here's the list of all the lessons within this class:

1. Meet Leah Day
   
2. Free Motion Quilting Basics
3. Auditioning Designs
   
4. Overlapping Designs
5. Foundational Designs
6. Edge-to-Edge Designs
7. Edget-to-Center Designs
8. Stem Centered Designs
9. Build Your Bag
   

The wonderful thing about learning on the Craftsy platform is you can always pause the video, take a video note to mark a spot in the lesson you want to refer back to, and ask a question if you're confused about a particular step. I receive questions daily from all my Craftsy classes, so I make sure to check in and answer my student's questions every day.

I've taken and given a lot of workshops in person and honestly, nothing comes close to taking a class online. Here's what I love the most:

#1 - Take class whenever and where ever you want - Unlike a traditional workshop, you can tune in to your Craftsy class anytime you want. Whether it's the middle of the afternoon, middle of the night, so long as you're connected to the internet and logged into your account, you can watch your class anytime and on any computer.

#2 - Never lose access - If you sign up for this class today, you'll still be able to watch the lessons in 2 years! There's a lifetime guarantee with all Craftsy classes so once you're a student, you can watch the lessons over and over, anytime you want.

#3 - Participate how and when you want - When you have a question, ask! When you make something cool, post it! Participate as much or as little as you like and ask questions whenever they come up, even if that's 3 years after you sign up!

Click Here to get 50% off Free Motion Fillers Volume 2

That's it for this week! Definitely check out the new designs and articles to the project and look forward to some new, super funky techniques we'll be learning as we head into fall!

Let's go quilt,

Leah Day