Feathers

Longarm Quilting Again

September 8, 2011

It felt so good to have the longarm back up and running, even if only from the front of the machine.  I got the invoice yesterday for new back handles and they’re $200 each ($400 total) plus shipping and tax so that’s why I don’t keep an extra set of back handles.  They’re big as [...]

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Feather Lesson

June 29, 2011

There’s definitely enough interest to our little group lessons on feathers.  All posts dealing with this will be tagged “Feathers” so any time you need to search for info, “Feathers” should get you what you need. These lessons will include my thoughts on choosing feather designs to fit the spaces, drafting the spine, creating the [...]

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Lesson for Quilted Feathers?

June 28, 2011

Do any of you want to do a group lesson for quilting feathers?  As I was quilting the Carpenter Star quilts, I realized what a perfect top this would be for doing a group feather making lesson. There are places for doing triangular feathers, square feathers, rectangular feathers, round feathered wreaths, as well as several [...]

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Another Finish – Almost

February 22, 2010

This isn’t totally finished but it’s as finished as it’s going to get til someone else gets it.  This is completion #8 for 2010.   There are more pictures of it here. I added the binding but didn’t do the finish stitching on it.  The binding is the same fabric as the purple in the [...]

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Quilting is Done!

December 31, 2009

There’s a lot of quilting in this top but it was fun.  Finished it this afternoon. A couple of closer shots of some of the quilting. I’ll post pictures of the whole thing once the binding is done.

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Feathers are Sew FUN

December 29, 2009

Loose Change is on the longarm now.  When I first made it, the quilting plan was to quilt lots of feathers in the black spaces.  Then I thought about putting free motion flowers and leaves.  So I played around with drawing in the feathers and flowers. Feathers won out: Can you see the floral backing [...]

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