Feather Quilting over the week end .

Vase with feathers.

This week end brought  heavy rain fall .. So what better way to spend some time

than down in the sewing room . . 

Here you will find the ideas that brightened up my day. 

I made up the quilt sandwich using a light 2oz polyester batting.

Drawing a vase outline , followed by the stem lines of the feathers ..  these as usual were only a guide to help

fill the available space .. 

Creating a natural curve and flow the feathers can bring more depth  to your quilting .

As you can see i went on to echo quilt around the whole design , filling in the space where possible.

 Quilted  headbands filler design  was used throughout to finish this project. 

this simple design quickly fill the space . the fabric colour was a lovely autumn gold so i kept the colours of thread simple  , a dark green and an ivory.

 Here is the finished project . measuring 20x26 inches .



Happy quilting

Julie

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