Originally Posted by
klbuckie
for the life of me I'm struggling with the feather point! I've only been doing this a couple of months, I emailed the lady that created the design and she suggested I try something more simple. I'm making these cute quilts for my sons for Christmas. I don't know if I should make the feather point fat and then cut it down or not. Very frustrating.....
If you use paper piecing, the points should come out pointy - not fat. I am trying to figure out why this is not working for you. In general I agree that it is a very ambitious pattern for a newbie. I did the same thing: Started a Texas Lone Star as my 3rd ever quilt.