I finally did it!!! I got up the nerve to meander feather a clients quilt and I am really happy with the results!
I have done a similar design on one of my own quilts with backtracked feather but I wanted to learn how to do this with an open design feather. So I put a piece of blue fleece on my machine and practised. I'm glad I did as the two styles of feather quilt out very differently and I kept wanting to quilt the open style backwards. But I got the pattern in my head by the time I was finished the fleece.
So once I took off my practise piece I put Rae's Popsicle Sticks quilt on and just went for it. I used a soft purple King Tut thread on top and a purple Bottom Line in the bobbin. It quilted up beautifully on the batik fabrics.
I dyed the backing for this quilt too. Rae brought over a piece of white tone on tone fabric and she asked for a light purple.
16 comments:
looks fantastic! I love the movement/texture this design gives a top.
Your feathers look great!
Feathers are gorgeous!!! You did a beautiful job quilting them. They are perfectly shaped. I'd like to try those too. Did you like them better than backtracking?
Dyed fabrics are gorgeous too! :-)
Awesome, Kathy. Rae must be so pleased. You have been a busy girl this month! A
Your a "one-stop quilt shop"...get your longarm quilting and color matched backing all in one... love it! Feathers float across the quilt... and the purple backing is perfect! G
Love the quilt and the feathers.
Will have to keep this one.
Rae
Absolutely wonderful, I love it!! I love it resting on the dock as well.
That is soooo pretty!!
You have done a beautiful job, this is my aim to master
Freehand feathers all over.
Great feathers Kathy...they are very smooth and even, I love doing these....did you quilt out your feather spines first??
Best Wishes
Kay in Scotland
Fabulous quilt, and your feathers rock!! Hope you do more like this one, you did an awesome job.
Karen H
I love your feathers....did you draw a meandering line for the spines first? Very beautiful.
Kathy, very beautiful!! Did we inspire each other?? I will be trying out my feathers on a customer quilt soon!
Thanks for all the lovely comments!!
Yes I did stitch a meandering line first, I have a post in my sidebar called 'Meandering Feathers on Fleece' that shows all the steps.
@Mary - Yes we seem to have been on the same mission last weekend with our feathering fleece!!
Awesome! Love the dyed purple fabric. A perfect job! C
Beautiful!
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