Leah Day is the quilter I follow the most. (Online, I mean. I don't stalk her!) I can't even tell you how many hours I've spent watching her videos...they're hypnotic. She does amazing FMQ on a domestic machine, which I find to be very inspiring! And I think it's great that she's so young - I love seeing people younger than me who are into quilting.
I haven't been lucky enough to take a class with any of the 'big names' yet. Maybe some day.
