Hi ,

Have you been looking for a little more quilting inspiration? It's easy to get stuck in a rut, stitching the same old designs over and over. If you're starting to feel bored with a current project, chances are you just need to change it up and try something new!

So if you've been looking for more designs and inspiration, definitely check out this week's feature book: 365 Free Motion Quilting Designs.

365 Free Motion Quilting Designs is a beautiful, inspiring picture book of gorgeous designs and textures. This is the perfect companion to the YouTube videos and tutorials posted on the Free Motion Quilting Project blog. You can select any design in the book, then look it up online to find the free video to learn how to quilt it!

The regular price is $29.95, but this week you can pick up this book for just $19.95! Click here to learn more.

Note: This is the Download, PDF version of the book which you can download and print immediately after ordering. This is ideal if you are outside the United States and would like to save on shipping, or if you'd just like to receive the book immediately upon purchase.

Of course this is just one of the many products we carry at LeahDay.com. Make sure to check our our Quilt Shop for any tools and supplies you're needing for free motion quilting and help support the free videos we post each week online. We appreciate your support!

This week we stitched out Circuit Board on a modern Building Block. I think I heard a collective sigh of relief as we've finished up all the Building Blocks and our lessons on quilting in multiple scales!

Click here to learn how to Quilt a Building Block with Circuit Board

So Circuit Board works the same as Stippling - flow through the quilting space in rows that appear random, and try not to cross the lines of quilting. The only difference is the line itself - Circuit Board has straight lines and 90 degree angles.

If you haven't joined us yet on this Building Block Quilt Along, you have not missed your chance! All you need is a copy of the Building Blocks Quilt Pattern to get you started on this great project!

You can quilt along as fast or as leisurely as you'd like as all of the accompanying videos will remain online forever.

Josh quilted Circuit Board in large, medium, small and super tiny scales too. This week it was just him on camera, so be sure to check it out to get his take on this design without me sitting next to him. You can check out his video and read his take on Circuit Board by clicking here.

And here is Josh's finished block, stitched out on Spoonflower cheater fabric:

With spring here and the weather finally warming up, we've been thinking about pulling out our rods and going fishing. I got to thinking about the shape of Fish Fins and figured it would make a pretty neat design!

Click Here to learn how to quilt Fish Fins in a small square for practice.

Now WHERE will Fish Fins work best in a quilt? Because this design works in single clusters you can pretty much fit this design anywhere! Stitch it through your sashing to add a funky, fish theme around blocks, or shrink it down a bit to quilt around appliques. The sky (or should we say sea?) is the limit with this fun design!

So what else have I been doing this week?

Something new, something I've been wanting to do this for MONTHS, but haven't found the time, or the project to do it with.

Testing BATTTING!

It's not the piecing, or the quilting that truly determine the feel and look of a finished quilt - it's the batting.

This super important squishy layer determines the warmth, weight, drape, shrinkage, softness or stiffness that your finished quilt will feature. There's no getting around the batting - quilts must have it to be a quilt, and this is also something that you really, really don't want to mess up.

Click here to read more about my experiment with different battings

I'm looking for a new batting that's squishy and soft and will look and feel great no matter how much or how little I quilt it. It's a tall order, but I'm sure I'll find the best batting after working through this stack!

So that's it for this week! Please enjoy the new designs, articles, and videos this week and don't forget to check out the sale on 365 Free Motion Quilting Designs ebook!

Let's go quilt,

Leah Day