Are you ready to piece a Four Patch Quilt and quilt it with paper quilting stencils? This is one of our simplest, beginner quilting patterns. It’s also one of the fastest baby quilts I’ve ever made! This is a baby quilt you can make in a day. We’re piecing this quilt using precut 5-inch squares and machine quilting with very fast, very simple quilting designs. Jump ahead using the links below to find the part of this quilting tutorial you most need to read: Four Patch Quilt Pattern Materials List Step 1 – Piece Two Precut Charm Packs Together Video 1 – Piece Four Patch Quilt Blocks in 60 Se ..read more

Yo-Yo’s are typically something we piece by hand and collect in bins and then eventually stitch together by the million. But I think this can also be a quilting design too! See what I mean in this new video: Yo-Yo is built off a grid so if you’re working on plain fabric, you’ll need to mark lines 2-5 inches apart. What we specifically need are the intersections where the gridlines come together. Aim to hit those points as you curve up and down within each square. While filming the video, I wasn’t happy with my stitches or the occasional wobbles I made with my longarm. However, after finishing ..read more

I’m machine quilting a baby quilt with Flame Key, an oldie goldie design from the Free Motion Quilting Project! This design is so easy to machine quilt. It’s definitely a beginner free motion quilting design and therefore a great choice if you’re just getting started machine quilting. Jump Ahead in this quilting tutorial: Machine Quilting a Baby Quilt Video Drawing Flame Key to Get Practice Quilting Machine Quilting a Baby Quilt on a Frame Be Willing to Modify Your Machine Quilting Design Machine Quilting a Baby Quilt Video I’m machine quilting on a baby quilt using my home machine on the ..read more

After 13 years of quilting videos and posts here on the Free Motion Quilting Project, I’ve decided to move my weekly blog to LeahDay.com. Click Here to find our latest posts and quilting videos I’ve certainly loved this journey, starting at 25 years old when my son James was not quite 2. Now I’m a new mom again and it seems the perfect time to make this change. From now on, all new posts and videos will be shared to LeahDay.com. You can find all of our old Quilt Along videos and posts linked here. You can also find a variety of awesome quilt patterns here. And of course, our free motion quilti ..read more

This week Betty and I are sharing an update from news around the house in our new Teahouse! Listen to this podcast with this player: The main announcement this week is our new Circle Template Set. I’m playing with these templates mainly when making Dresden Plates and Rings, but these can also be used for applique / piecing. I’ll have a new Whirligig Quilt video coming out next week! I’m doing a lot of secret sewing and quilting right now for projects coming out in the fall and 2023. All I can say is fun things will be coming soon! Let’s go quilt, Leah Day P.S – The Qnique 19 is on sale this ..read more

We’ve made a lot of big Dresden Rings, now let’s try piecing a Mini Dresden Plate! Click Here to find the new Dresden Template Set – This new set of templates can cut dozens of Dresden Plates and now easily cuts Dresden Rings as well. They are redesigned from the original template set I created in 2017 and are now much more functional! Check out the new Circle Template Set Here – This set of 5 circles are perfect for creating the appliqued center circles for your Dresden Plates. I’m also playing with fun quilting designs using quarter and half circle shapes, which you can easily cut using the ..read more

It’s the first day of March and I have a new design for you to free motion quilt: Billiards! This simple echoing design will look great as an All-Over Quilting Design. I admit, I wasn’t the best at quilting it on my longarm. I’m still working on building control over the machine’s movement, which is why I place a bag of beans on the top of the quilt. This helps add weight from the quilt surface and makes the machine slightly easier to control. But the very best way to build the skill for travel quilting and echoing neatly is to do it! Quilt the design even if it looks messy. Quilt the design ..read more

We have a second Dresden Ring this month and this time it’s a mix and match of our Curved and Pointy petals! Learn how to piece both styles of petals in this video: Click Here to find the new Dresden Template Set – This new set of templates can cut dozens of Dresden Plates and now easily cuts Dresden Rings as well. They are redesigned from the original template set I created in 2017 and are now much more functional! Find True Grips for the back of your templates here – I place these little grips on the backs of my templates to stop them from sliding when cutting. One pack of True Grips should ..read more

Yo-Yo’s are typically something we piece by hand and collect in bins and then eventually stitch together by the million. But I think this can also be a quilting design too! See what I mean in this new video: Yo-Yo is built off a grid so if you’re working on plain fabric, you’ll need to mark lines 2-5 inches apart. What we specifically need are the intersections where the gridlines come together. Aim to hit those points as you curve up and down within each square. While filming the video, I wasn’t happy with my stitches or the occasional wobbles I made with my longarm. However, after finishing ..read more

Now let’s stitch our blocks up a notch and piece a Dresden Ring within a Ring Let’s learn how to piece a Dresden Ring! Click Here to find the new Dresden Template Set – This new set of templates can cut dozens of Dresden Plates and now easily cuts Dresden Rings as well. They are redesigned from the original template set I created in 2017 and are now much more functional! Find True Grips for the back of your templates here – I place these little grips on the backs of my templates to stop them from sliding when cutting. One pack of True Grips should be enough to cover all 6 Dresden Templates. F ..read more