I sent out my "showstopper!" to my fav la. We decided on a price and I wanted feathers and the whole shebang. She called me while working on it. We had decided on a motif in each plain block, but they were surrounded by 4,000 hst - very busy. I used wool batting and she just said that feathers would really pack it down and it looked nice plainer. I went along with her idea. It ended up costing me less and I do like it. So glad she spoke up. But I still love feathers and will do them another time.