Synopses & Reviews
Feathered quilting designs have long been regarded as the pinnacle of quilting stitch motifs -- and evidence of extraordinary skill. Patterns such as plumes, rosettes, pinwheels, wreaths, swags, lyres, hearts, and paisleys have been popular from the days of our earliest quilt history.
Now master quilter and teacher Anita Shackelford presents some of the most elegant designs available today and shows how to use them to advantage. Learn to step out from under the size restrictions of stencils to create your own quilting designs. Look at hearts, leaves, and flowers as creative opportunities to use feathers. Learn to master pattern repeats, and flow designs around corners. Working with simple tools like large sheets of paper, a feathered design template, and basic drawing tools, you too can create designs that fit perfectly into the blocks and borders in your quilt.
From an introduction to feathered quilting designs to transferring designs to the quilt top, Anita's feather-light, practical instructions will have you dreaming, planning, and stitching wonderful feathered quilting designs.