I love feathers, and I USED to do them when I hand quilted. You bet I would do them by machine if I had the confidence to try and they were right for the quilt. They're not right for the Asian one I'm quilting right now, but they'll be right for one I'll do in the future, and I will probably get my courage up and try FMQing feathers. It's interesting to me how so many have jumped on this and said they don't like feathers! I wonder how many will jump in and say they like feathers now that a couple of us have said we like them - LOL.