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Friday, October 14, 2011

Feathers!


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.


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16 comments:

  1. DianeOctober 14, 2011 at 8:00 AM

    looks fantastic! I love the movement/texture this design gives a top.

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  2. Vicki WOctober 14, 2011 at 8:58 AM

    Your feathers look great!

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  3. Linda October 14, 2011 at 9:46 AM

    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! :-)

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  4. AnonymousOctober 14, 2011 at 10:13 AM

    Awesome, Kathy. Rae must be so pleased. You have been a busy girl this month! A

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  5. AnonymousOctober 14, 2011 at 10:17 AM

    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

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  6. AnonymousOctober 14, 2011 at 10:20 AM

    Love the quilt and the feathers.
    Will have to keep this one.
    Rae

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  7. LeahOctober 14, 2011 at 10:35 AM

    Absolutely wonderful, I love it!! I love it resting on the dock as well.

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  8. JennyOctober 14, 2011 at 10:59 AM

    That is soooo pretty!!

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  9. Seams Sew TogetherOctober 14, 2011 at 4:05 PM

    You have done a beautiful job, this is my aim to master
    Freehand feathers all over.

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  10. Borderline QuilterOctober 14, 2011 at 5:54 PM

    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

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  11. KarenOctober 14, 2011 at 9:31 PM

    Fabulous quilt, and your feathers rock!! Hope you do more like this one, you did an awesome job.
    Karen H

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  12. Teresa SilvaOctober 14, 2011 at 10:40 PM

    I love your feathers....did you draw a meandering line for the spines first? Very beautiful.

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  13. MaryOctober 15, 2011 at 9:13 AM

    Kathy, very beautiful!! Did we inspire each other?? I will be trying out my feathers on a customer quilt soon!

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  14. Kathy SchwartzOctober 15, 2011 at 10:02 AM

    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!!

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  15. AnonymousOctober 15, 2011 at 10:15 AM

    Awesome! Love the dyed purple fabric. A perfect job! C

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  16. DesleyOctober 15, 2011 at 4:11 PM

    Beautiful!

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