Episode 26 - Leah Day and Wendy Paskus

Welcome to Episode 26 of Sit & Sew Radio, a Quilt Addicts Anonymous podcast.

Leah Day is in the house today! Leah is pretty famous in the free motion quilting world, she built her business hosting the Free Motion Quilting Project, which released 365 free motion quilting video tutorials. We are working on a fun mini quilt collaboration that we talk about in the interview and you can get the pattern and tutorials for on Wednesday, January 25, 2017.

Wendy Paskus is also on the episode. Wendy hand dyed fabrics for her company Stipples Ect. I found Wendy when I was at a quilt show after Leah asked me to do the mini collaboration and the second I saw the vibrant solid fabrics Wendy has created I knew I had to use them in this project.

There's so much going on over at Quilt Addicts Anonymous. You can join Round 2 of the Kaleidoscope Block of the Month subscription program. You pay a $25 sign up fee and then $24.99 a month after that and I send you all the fabric you need to create your block each month. Sign ups close on January 31, 2017 and the first block shipment goes out in February. Click here to sign up (http://shop.quiltaddictsanonymous.com/product/kaleidoscope-block-of-the-month/).

You can also check out my new pattern and kit refraction. This pattern uses a jelly roll and some yardage to create a six pointed star medallion quilt. It uses strip piecing and a 60-degree ruler to make this quilt fast and with no Y-seams. Click here to get the pattern (http://shop.quiltaddictsanonymous.com/product/refraction/). Click here to get the kit (http://shop.quiltaddictsanonymous.com/product/refraction-quilt-kit/). Click here to watch the tutorial (http://www.quiltaddictsanonymous.com/2017/01/refraction-video-tutorial-and-pattern/).

You also can sign up for the Starburst Galaxy Block of the Month which started last week. This king-sized quilt features 12 star variations. There is a pattern book available or you can order the kit and get the book for free. Click here to get the pattern book (http://shop.quiltaddictsanonymous.com/product/starburst-galaxy-pattern-book/). Click here to get the kit (http://shop.quiltaddictsanonymous.com/product/starburst-galaxy-quilt-kit/).

And if you haven't already, make sure to sign up for email updates so you'll be the first to know when the pattern, kit and video tutorials are released for the Strippin' Mini collaboration with Leah Day.

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Leah Day, Professional quilter, author, teacher

(http://sitandsewradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Leah-Day-e1485201758243-238x300.jpg)Leah Day is an online quilt teacher, free motion quilter and savvy businesswoman. She began her quilting career with the Free Motion Quilting Project, which featured hundreds of quilting designs, each with its own video tutorial.

But that is just the beginning. Leah has authored several books on machine quilting, hosts a block of the month where she teaches you how to piece the block and quilt it, hosts her own podcast, Hello My Quilting Friends.

I'm on Episode 11, totally geeking out about how I use Google Analytics to track where revenue comes from in my online store so I know where to invest to grow my business. You can