In 2009, Leah Day started a blog with the goal of 365 new free motion quilting designs. Over the next two and a half years, she shared each design with photos and a video tutorial on her blog, The Free Motion Quilting Project. This book is a compilation of all 365 designs, organized in the order they were originally posted to the project. Flipping through this book, you'll find each design illustrated with clear, high quality photos. Each design is known as a "filler" design, which means they can fill your quilts in a continuous line without breaking thread. Fillers are also unique in the fact that you do not have to mark your quilt top before stitching the design. Each design is governed by a simple set of rules you can easily memorize, much like cursive writing, and then quilt over any area of your quilt. No, this book is not an elementary primer on free motion quilting, but a unique collection of photos designed to excite and inspire you. Stitch the designs exactly as they are shown, or play with creating your own variations. The possibilities are endless!
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About the Author
It was the burning desire to create a quilt for her wedding that drove Leah Day to finally leap into quilting with both feet in 2005. While she'd wanted to learn for most of her life, quilting had always been too difficult a hobby to master on her own. Finally at the age of 21, she began actively taking classes and joined a local guild in order to gain the necessary skills. In 2007 with the birth of her son, Leah began a series of goddess quilts and started focusing on honing her free motion quilting skills. By 2009, Leah was frustrated with the limited designs and ideas for free motion filler designs, so she created a free, online blog called The Free Motion Quilting Project to share her new designs with the world. This blog then lead to a successful online quilt store at DayStyleDesigns.com. Leah is the author of three books featuring her free motion filler designs: 365 Free Motion Quilting Designs, From Daisy to Paisley, a book featuring 50 beginner designs, and From Feathers to Flames, a book featuring 60 intermediate level designs.
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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful
By 1avidreader
Format:Paperback
This book goes beyond my wildest expectations...the only thing I can compare it to is an iPad: you don't realize how much you needed it until you have it.
I've been following Leah Day's project/blog for a long time and wasn't sure if I really "needed" this book since everything she posts is available for free. And it was expensive, much more than I recalled spending on a book before. But I really wanted to support her because she has given so much of herself and her talents to our quilting community so freely and unselfishly - and continues to do so with no end in sight! So when she posted in her weekly newsletter (almost as an afterthought) that amazon had decreased the book price, after much back and forth with myself, knowing that quilting is so much more than a passing fancy to me, I decided to make the plunge.
Well, the book arrived today ~ and I am sooo happy I bought it!!!! The book, while softcover, is sturdy, well-bound with a tight spine, and the photographs of each design are large, clear, delightful, gorgeous - and helpful! The pages are approx. 8-1/2" x 11" (unmeasured) and have either 1 large design block (color) photo or 2 slightly smaller design block (color) photos per page. Aside from the photo(s), each page has the title and Project Day # ( sequential). That it is, nothing else. Which is perfect because it doesn't detract from the quilting, which is the purpose of the book :) I can see the intricate details Leah stitched in each block! Holding this 252-page book in my hands, flipping through the pages, it provides me with what no computer screen will ever be able to - the up close, in your face details that I, as a lifelong sewist and experienced quilter (including FMQ) love & adore!!! It is inspiring as I think of the projects to be quilted! I am a visual learner, and this is perfect for me! I have a very strong feeling that this book will be my initial 'go to' when deciding what design to use, rather than the site.
This is one of those ABSOLUTE MUST-HAVE books I will recommend to every FMQer and wanna-be. And now that I have a copy, like the ipad, I cannot imagine *ever* having been without.
Thank you, Leah Day & Family (with whom I have no affiliation)
I've been following Leah Day's project/blog for a long time and wasn't sure if I really "needed" this book since everything she posts is available for free. And it was expensive, much more than I recalled spending on a book before. But I really wanted to support her because she has given so much of herself and her talents to our quilting community so freely and unselfishly - and continues to do so with no end in sight! So when she posted in her weekly newsletter (almost as an afterthought) that amazon had decreased the book price, after much back and forth with myself, knowing that quilting is so much more than a passing fancy to me, I decided to make the plunge.
Well, the book arrived today ~ and I am sooo happy I bought it!!!! The book, while softcover, is sturdy, well-bound with a tight spine, and the photographs of each design are large, clear, delightful, gorgeous - and helpful! The pages are approx. 8-1/2" x 11" (unmeasured) and have either 1 large design block (color) photo or 2 slightly smaller design block (color) photos per page. Aside from the photo(s), each page has the title and Project Day # ( sequential). That it is, nothing else. Which is perfect because it doesn't detract from the quilting, which is the purpose of the book :) I can see the intricate details Leah stitched in each block! Holding this 252-page book in my hands, flipping through the pages, it provides me with what no computer screen will ever be able to - the up close, in your face details that I, as a lifelong sewist and experienced quilter (including FMQ) love & adore!!! It is inspiring as I think of the projects to be quilted! I am a visual learner, and this is perfect for me! I have a very strong feeling that this book will be my initial 'go to' when deciding what design to use, rather than the site.
This is one of those ABSOLUTE MUST-HAVE books I will recommend to every FMQer and wanna-be. And now that I have a copy, like the ipad, I cannot imagine *ever* having been without.
Thank you, Leah Day & Family (with whom I have no affiliation)
35 of 37 people found the following review helpful
By FSchiffl
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Leah's idea to create 365 free-motion quilting designs and share them for free on her blog has revolutionised teaching machine quilting forever! This picture book is designed to be used in conjunction with her terrific website videos on how to quilt each one. Leah's enthusiasm shines through every blog post and encourages new and experienced quilters to have fun with free-motion quilting. As a machine quilting teacher, I highly recommend this book as an amazing teaching resource. Even if you don't think you'll use one of the designs on your quilt, you can use the basic idea and change it to make your own - I got three fantastic designs from just one of Leah's designs. I feel this book is an absolute MUST HAVE for every quilter, no matter how long you've been quilting. You'll be inspired and you'll want to create your own designs, having a lot of fun quilting them all. It's brilliant. Congratulations Leah!
26 of 28 people found the following review helpful
By sammy
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I've been quilting for over 30 years and have bought many books about the subject. For the last 10 years, I have done free motion quilting but am not very good about creating new designs to quilt. This book is incredible as a guide to more designs then I will ever quilt in my lifetime. The photos and detail are excellent. But what is even more incredible is that the reader can access videos on Leah Day's website where she demonstrates how to quilt the design. This is invaluable information. There is not another quilting book on the market that provides this much help. I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in improving their skills in free motion quilting.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Book!
Thank you, Leah, for sharing all of your wonderful photographs. I can use this as the resource book and then go to the computer and watch the video of my choice. Read more
Published 4 days ago by Cathy Evelsizer
5.0 out of 5 stars
quilting
excellent teaching tool with photograghs and catalogued categories. Very good for beginner quilters
Can find helpful video tutorial on her website.
Can find helpful video tutorial on her website.
Published 11 days ago by Brenda Locken
2.0 out of 5 stars
poor contents
There is more informations and pictures to be found on Day Leah website, than in the book, it is of a very poor contents
Published 19 days ago by Marta Navratilova
5.0 out of 5 stars
great tool
This is a wonderful tool for the home machine quilter and long arm quilter. Use with or without the YouTube for wonderful results. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Barb
5.0 out of 5 stars
Free Motion Quilting Designs
This book has all the stitches that I need to try for a long time. Teaming up with Leah Day's videos to learn them is great. Good reference also.
Published 1 month ago by Q-Lady
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent
Very informative and I am sure I will get many years of enjoyment out of it. I have never seen a more comprehensive book on Free Motion Quilting.
Published 1 month ago by Min Matthews
3.0 out of 5 stars
Lots of Designs
It's just OK because even though it has many designs, many of them were very simular. I think there are only about one quarter (if that) of the designs that I'd actually use.
Published 1 month ago by Pam Overfield
5.0 out of 5 stars
WOW! Gets my creative juices going.
I had been to Leah Day's website and knew of her project. I was thrilled to have her project in print. Her designs inspire and set me free to develop my own. Read more
Published 1 month ago by NY Giants fan
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fabulous resource! A must have for all people who love quilting.
Anyone who loves quilting should have this for dry days. When you don't know what to do on a quillt this will definitly get the creative juices flowing. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Kris Novosedlik
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful pictures
This book is full of wonderful ideas that will help with quilting. Leah Day is a wonderful quilting teacher and is very inspirational.
Published 2 months ago by Christine Mimidas
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