Thursday 29 September 2011

I Love Quilting Feathers

Today I am working on another beautiful quilt by Janet Sansom.  My instruction from Janet for the quilting in the pink ‘v’ shape was to treat it as one area, and to incorporate some kind of curling feathers. 

I decided to let Janet’s embroidery design be my inspiration, and I started by chalking in my design ideas.


These were the tools I used to mark the chalk lines.


Once I was happy with the design outline, I took a deep breath and started quilting.


I am happy with how it looks.  And I really enjoyed the creative challenge.


I will show you the whole quilt when it is finished.

13 comments:

  1. I love feathers too and I just know it's going to be fantastic... coz everything you do is fantastic!

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  2. And I love seeing the feathers that you quilt!

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  3. Wow that is gorgeous, fits the quilt perfectly! I love the wedding ring quilt in your previous post but couldn't find the designs for sale on Janet's website, will they be available soon?

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  4. Your work is exceptional! Thank you for sharing it with us quilters! I too only do freehand from the front - no computerized stuff - and love it! It IS addicting for sure! Love your blog!
    LynnEl in Illinois

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  5. beautiful job Desley. The design just fits and works perfectly. Janet's work is gorgeous, and your quilting is yhe icing on the cake!

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  6. Wow awesome quilting!! I love it....

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  7. Another pretty quilting design.

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  8. Simply awesome. As always beautiful work.

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  9. It is beautiful. I would love to see how you quilt the embroidery?

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  10. Absolutely love the way you added the grid work to reflect her embroidery, and the curly feathers... perfecto!

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  11. Beautiful quilt, what set are these designs from?

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  12. Lovely.And I see from your later post, it turned out beautifully.

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  13. When I feel a bit tired I come and look at your beautiful work and I relax browsing through.
    Angela

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