065 - Smaller Curved Feather-Inspired Leaf Shape

Inspiration

The last in the series of leaf appliqué shapes inspired by feathers.

Details

This one is a smaller, mirror-image of the previous leaf shape.

Each of the five feather-inspired leaf shapes are repeated in the four corners of the quilt design. My goal was to reinforce the idea of the red 8-pointed star-shapes as flowers without obscuring the light cream areas in the setting triangles around the center star. I may wake up tomorrow, walk into the studio and decide it needs something more, but, at the moment, I am thinking it's "done" and ready to be layered and basted for quilting.

Again, these rainy day photos in the studio are far less than desirable ... I really wanted to share, anyway :-)

064 - Small Curved Feather-Inspired Leaf Shape

Inspiration

More of the same, sized to fill the space and suggest leaves on a flowering vine.

Details

Curiously, this was the most challenging leaf to appliqué to the quilt top because it was farthest from the edge which meant I was manipulating more fabric in my hands.

It's a dark rainy day here ... and that's reflected in the quality of the photo.  Sorry.

063 - A Smaller Feather-inspired Leaf Shape

Inspiration

More of the same, altered to fit in the spaces of the quilt.

Details

Needle-turned appliqué as before.  As I add these quirky feather/leaf quilts, I realize that quality somehow makes this quilt design mine.

062 - Another Feather-Inspired Leaf Shape

Inspiration

Another of the long, thin, feather-ish shaped leaves I'm adding to the vine with flowers on a quilt-in-progress.

Details

Proportions were slightly altered to fit the space.  You can see the differences on this section of the vine, showing the two feather-inspired leaf-shaped appliquéd pieces.

061 - Feather-Inspired Leaf Shape

Inspiration 

In the world around me, I keep seeing feather shapes everywhere. So why not design a leaf, inspired by the shape of a feather?

Details

The feather-inspired leaf was hand-appliquéd by hand using the needle-turn technique.  This and more leaves like these will be used on this quilt project.

My original plan was to add rounder, more traditionally shaped leaves to the blue vine with the red star-flowers, but it didn't feel right.  (I blogged about it here.) I put it on the shelf until inspiration presented a new idea.  Still not sure it will work,  but this project gave me a reason to pursue it  ... even if I ultimately decide against it and take them all off again. 

060 - Long 2-color Abstract Feather

Inspiration

More of the same.

Details

This block measures 6 by 18 inches. It is a variation of the original long abstract feather, made in two colors, with triangle square along the feather's edge. 

This is the 6th in the series of abstract feather quilt blocks. Here's how the set of blocks look all together on my design wall. 

059 - Two-Color Abstracted Feather Quilt Block

Inspiration

A continuation in the series of traditional pieced quilt blocks based on an abstracted feather shape.

Details

This block measures 6 by 12 inches.