I got a jelly roll of Kona solids in New York City and had to have it. I fell in love with a pattern posted here a few weeks ago called Welcome Spring by Moda. This is not exactly a welcome to spring, but I did my adaptation of the pattern and this is what I came up with. My husband thought I was making a flag, so I called it: Flag for a New Country.

Is the first time I dare to do free hand feathers. I marked them and they didn't come out too bad.

One corner has a full wreath of feathers and all the rest are overlapping.

Wow! That quilt is beautiful, and your feathers! Amazing!!

Great job! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

wow, thanks for sharing!

Very pretty and your feathers turned out great. It will be ages before I graduate beyond a simple meander.

Holy Cow! I love it! You did a great job!

beautiful

Great job. I thought it looked like sideways candles. :D

Can't believe this was your first try. WOW!!!

Can't believe this was your first try. WOW!!!

Your quilting is GORGEOUS :mrgreen: Great Job :thumbup:

Oh, how I wish I could do feathers even half as beautiful as yours!

Beautiful :-D

Wow! May we see a whole pic of the quilt?

Pretty, pretty, pretty!

Beautiful :!:

Pretty!

Thanks a lot for the comments. That is the whole quilt. When DH thought it was a flag I decided not to put a border on it. It has a black binding.

Thanks to all.

Very pretty! You did an excellent job on the feathers.

Wow!!!!!!

Stunning

That looks really pretty. Would love to see a picture of the entire quilt. Your quilting is gorgeous.

Here it is. Not much more than the first pic.

Thanks to all.

Beautiful quilting-I'm jealous

Nice! Wow! Beautiful!!!!

Love your feathers. How did you mark them and did you do them on a long arm?

I used a plastic template I purchased and marked with a very cheap Bic pencil on the white and with a chalk pencil on the colored parts. I only marked three or four half circles at a time. I would lay it flat, press and mark it. I stitch on my Bernina 630 (no long arm here). Pressing often kept the back perfectly flat, with no puckers.

Great job on the feathers. I wouldn't have known you were new at it.

What an interesting quilt! Fantastic job on the feathering!!!

Great quilting...really stunning design idea.

It's amazing. Very striking, and I love your feathers. I have not mastered feathers yet. I'm good with spirals, but I need to expand.

Amazing! So wish I could do feathers, am too scared to even try. Do you use a stitch regulator on your machine? They all look so perfect. Great job!

That is beautiful and your feathers are awesome. Great job.

Very pretty and your quilting is beautiful!!!!

Love the feather quilting, you did a great job.

your work is awesome!

Very nice, especially the quilting. :thumbup:

Wow! Great job on the quilting. :thumbup: I haven't even attempted FMQ yet.

How Cool