Sunday 18 April 2010

Fancy Feathers Finished

I finished quilting Adds' quilt with fancy feathers tonight. The lap size quilt took just over 8 bobbins (approx 1100m)  and around 12 hours to quilt. I took a few photos to admire my work once it was done, but will wait until the binding is added to photograph it properly - becuase somehow Adds managed to con me into doing her binding, too! So here's a bit of a peek at what's kept me from blogging all week.

I'm definitely a lot better at feathers that I was before I started, and managed to come up with more feather filler designs as I went. The close-up below is one of the last sections I completed, and is much neater than the first few. It shows two of my own favourite fillers - both circle designs; the 'pearls' lining the edge of the feather near the centre of the photo, and the decreasing circles in the feather towards the top left.

9 comments:

What Comes Next? said...

gorgeous! I think I'm going to have to expand my feathers repetoire! I see some play time coming up!

Joan said...

That's fantastic - I love it. Looking forward to seeing it with the binding on...♥

*Cornelia* said...

wow amazing your feathers, would love to be able to quilt like this

Hugs

Kathy said...

That is quite wonderful. I just finished quilting a tablerunner using spiral swirls for the first time and I was so proud of it... till I saw yours! I need alot more practice... Nice job!

thehummingcat said...

Love it, can't wait to see it in real life!

Quilts on Bastings said...

I do love those feathers!

highwaycottage said...

WOW !!!! I wasn't so fussed on it last post, but WOW, that is looking truly awesome!!!!

Anonymous said...

Wow, your quilting is breathtaking.

Austysmum said...

OH MY GOODNESS!
You are getting so fantastic at this freemotion thing! This is fabulous! Lucky Ads!