Leah Day
Craftsy Instructor

Shelby, NC

I got started quilting in 2005 because I wanted a double wedding ring quilt to celebrate my wedding. Unfortunately I used all the wrong materials (satin and silk) and all the wrong tools (paper templates) and experienced total epic fail. Over the next several years, I learned how to piece and applique, then decided to tackle the hardest challenge: free motion quilting. Learning free motion quilting and creating so many designs was like an ... Read Full Bio »

Leah's Craftsy Classes

Free Motion Fillers, Vol. 2

Whether you've taken Leah's other Craftsy classes or are discovering this talented teacher for the first time, you'll appreciate her patient and thorough instruction. Learn all about five new free-motion stitch families: overlapping, foundational, edge-to-edge, edge-to-center and stem-centered designs. Then turn your practice pieces into a reversible quilted tote.

$39.99

Free Motion Fillers, Vol. 1

Tackle your projects with newfound confidence as you learn how to quilt 50 unique free-motion filler designs with the popular Leah Day. She teaches you useful quilting techniques in a variety of stitch families, including independent, stacking, pivoting, echoing and branching stitches. Quilt each design onto blocks you will piece into an exciting, impressive quilt.

$39.99

Free Motion Quilting a Sampler

Master the elegant and easy free-motion quilting designs that Leah Day chose for the 2012 Craftsy Block of the Month class. Or finish your other quilt designs with Leah's intricate feathers, pearls, fans, spirals and chains! Quilters from rookies to pros will appreciate Leah's generous helpings of tips and shortcuts, and empowering approach to making everybody a confident free-motion quilter.

$39.99

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Leah's Projects

Free Motion Quilting a Sampler Quilt
Quilted Tote
Stem-Centered Designs
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