I've been practicing a feather fill for squares that I saw on
Kay Bell's blog, and decided to give it a try on fabric but my practice panel is a rectangle. Could be worse. Could be better. Definitely organic.
One of my UFO's, waiting to be quilted is the Puce 'Treuse Goose (On Spruce). I bought this fabric on a whim, just to make a quilt with that name. (The backing has a pine branch fabric.)
After a couple doodling attempts on paper, I worked out this quilting design. The feathers will be on the geese (ha ha ha) with the connecting sections of v-shaped circles.
Note to self - don't like variegated thread for pebbles as it creates random weird bold circles.
And finally, in an attempt to like (and be good at) feathers, I've been trolling the internet looking for examples that I like.
Judi Madsen came to my rescue with this swirl and feather filler. According to Amazon, my copy of her book Quilting Wide Open Spaces should be arriving today, so I may have some other practice pieces to share by the end of the weekend.
