Wednesday, July 17, 2013

033 - Quilted Feathers Design

033 - Quilted Feathers Design

Inspiration


Quilters often use feather-inspired designs in quilting.  I wanted to attempt a more literal interpretation and attempt to draw recognizable feathers with the sewing machine.

Details


This is an unmarked design, free-motion quilted  on a scrap of muslin layered with batting. It measures approximately 4 by 5-inches.

One of Nolan Scalin's skull projects in the book is a thread-titched skull, produced by sewing only forward and backward.  I wondered why no one explained how a sewing machine could be used to stitch in any direction by using the free motion technique.

2 comments:

  1. Love the design! It has great rhythm.
    Hugs

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  2. Great freehand quilting. I'm impressed your didn't mark it!

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