Free form feather practice .

Feather Practice

On these practice pieces i have used a bright thread when quilting the echo design .

Its a nice way to see what two colours work well together. as well as putting your

free form feathers into practice. 

 Both these exercises were quilted on black fabric , this was then made up into the quilting sandwich .
Using this bright green thread , i feel it really does bring the feathers to life , and almost giving them a
velvet appearance.

This time i used a different thread for the initial feather design , then echoed in a light blue . 

Again no stencil was used . just played around as i went along .

It allows me to develop my own style of feathers . 

Now this practice piece i used a silky gold  curtain fabric . First drawing a light sketch of the vase .
Then filling in with the feathers .



Happy Quilting

Julie