Redtop

I love this pattern!! I used all scraps(including small ones) and am very pleased with the finished quilt top. Since I used natural Kona Cotton for the light side, I want to hand quilt feathers in the light. I have 2 templates, but they don't fit the space and look like I want. I would love to have feathers that curve around the colored squares to fit the space. I have tried to draw free handed feathers(4 times) without success. HElP! Any ideas? I've looked on YouTube and I can't duplicate what I see. Quilt Shops in the area don't offer free handed feathers or templates. I would love to be able to draw the kind I see on YouTube that curves to fit any size space. Thanks

JENNR8R

I'm not good at getting consistent free-motion feathers either. How I get around that is to draw an outline area on a piece of paper the same size as the white portion... of maybe two blocks since it repeats throughout the quilt. I then start drawing my feathers on the paper with a pencil. I erase lines that I don't like until I have a drawing that looks good in the space. I then outline those feathers on the paper with a sharpie so that they show up well. Tape that drawing on a lightbox, put the quilt top over the drawing and trace with a blue Mark-Be-Gone water-soluable marker. When one area is traced, move the quilt top to the next area lining up the pattern with the previously marked lines. Don't iron the quilt after putting on the blue marker. Submerge in cold water to get rid of the marks when the quilt is finished.

I used this method to mark a quilt that won a Judge's Choice ribbon in a national show:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...e-t270178.html

Silly Scrapper

Love Love Love this quilt! I am definitely going to try this one. Any chance you can tell me how many yards of white material you used?

JENNR8R

Unfortunately, I have no idea how much white fabric I used... and it would really depend on what size quilt you decided to make. I just picked something from my stash that I had a pile of. If I had had enough light 2.5" scraps, I would have used them the same way as the colored 2.5" scraps. I think that would have looked even better.

Please post a picture of your quilt when it is finished. I love seeing the new and improved versions that others make.

Silly Scrapper

Yes that would be excellent too. I like the white, though. I have quite a lot of white with small roses I think will do just fine. Thanks for getting back to me so quick. I'm just figuring out Pinterest so it took me a while to find it again. LOL

mtkoldra

should we began to show our quilts?

Bobbielinks

Wow! how pretty!

JENNR8R

Oh please, please, please... and thank you!

kittenquilts

Thanks for the wonderful tutorial! Will need to put this one on my list to do!

Blue Bell

Thanks for sharing. Love your quilt. Great way to use up 2 1/2 in squares. On my to do list.