Never before have such elegant long freemotion feathers
fit so well in irregular areas by simply extending the hook.
Enjoy the pictures. New 'Hooked On Feathers™' Book and CD
Blue Ribbon Winner Denise Lupton, wonderful work on your Bernina...from classroom to winner!!!....we celebrate your achievement...congratulations
don't miss the ribbon hanging on the bottom of that quilt...
"Hi Sally! I bought your book last winter and have used your hooked on feathers method on 2 full size quilts. I quilt on my Bernina 430 home sewing machine.
My sister and I also attended your Walking Borders and Pathways to Better Quilting workshops in Paducah.
I'm sending you a picture of me and one of my Hooked on Feathers quilts. I donated it to a local benefit quilt show/auction. It won judges Grand prize (90 quilts entered) As you can see, there is nothing particularly spectacular about the top. I believe it was the quilting that gave it the edge.
"Thank you.. that means a lot to me.. as we all are our own worst critic's... wow.. my quilt posted on your site... wow... thanks you for all your help.. for being my first teacher.. for everything..." Student of Hooked On Feathers
Here are some pictures of Mary Sowell's Paperweight quilt. No fabrics are repeated. I used Aurifil Crayon Variegated Thread... my favorite... on 12" blocks. You can see I started with a curl, machine quilted 4 feathers toward the center, stitch back down the seam line in-the-ditch and then completed the other side, hiding the thread knot in the ditched thread path....enjoy!
Spines were stitched first. A center design was machine quilted and the feathers radiated from there. The borders were directional from left to right. Medium gray thread on gray black fabric.
Connie Griffin says about this block in her recently finished sampler quilt, " I hadn't practiced them in awhile, I just took my time in the small areas, and I am very pleased with how they turned out." I think she did a wonderful job reaching into all those really ackward areas...nice work Connie.
This is great example of how any feather style stencil can machine quilted with the Hooked On Feathers technique.
"It is so nice that you answered the phone. Your "Hooked On Feathers" patterns are wonderful. i'M excited going to sew them with my traditional machine. Thanks for sending them out right away."
Frances, Los Angelas, CA
"This is one talented lady! She answered so many questions I had, and showed me many ways to do an adequate job of machine quilting that will still be beautiful, but that won't take me so very long to do." Kay, IN
Blue Ribbon Winner Denise Lupton, wonderful work on your Bernina...from classroom to winner!!!....we celebrate your achievement...congratulations
