Synopses & Reviews
Learn the author's signature style of creating curved crosshatching, crossover designs, and Victorian-inspired feather patterns--all suitable for quilts and stylish wearable art. Let her teach you to draw feather designs and explore the world of quilting with section-by-section feather patterns. Border corners can be enhanced with elegant framing techniques and decorative motifs for square and rectangular quilts. There are dozens of examples to choose from and full-sized patterns to try. Discover how to create eight different kinds of popular feather designs, including straight and undulating lines, circles, hearts and their variations, scallops, swags, plumes, and paisley designs! These techniques are extremely easy with pleasing and unique results. Learn basic machine quilting skills for the planned method of quilting as well as the free-style method. Judy's chapter on using feathers to fit within appliquC) motifs, border, and blocks is exceptional. This is a book on feather designing for the traditional and contemporary quilter. It is perfect for the hand quilter, the home sewing machine owner, and the short and longarm quilting machine owner.