I don't know what QNN is but I can probably search and find out.
I read somewhere about the dry erase board, I'll check at work and see if there is an old one someone wants to get rid of.
I tried feathers on my practice muslin and whoa... that was worse than I ever thought it could be. :P
This is what I did last night and I could make a whole lot of excuses like... it was dark, but I won't. Sometimes I just couldn't see where the other line of stitching was so I was crossing them. Just basically not being careful enough and maybe I should have drawn them first.