JudyL Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 I'm working on a QOV and realized I'm making some "no double tracking feathers" and thought I'd share a picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltaholi_518 Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 Just perfect Judy! Love 'em to death!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadows4 Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 OK, now when can I come down?! I have no clue what "No Double Tracking Feathers" are, but I'd like to. I'd even buy lunch at Chili's!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 Love your No Double Track Feathers ---Judy! Thank you for posting the picture. One question: It's hard for me to see in your pic. but did you do a spine first---? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bekah Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 wonderful now maybe I can learn feathers too:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patch Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 Are those easier or harder than the ones that backtrack on themselves? GREAT JOB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrammaJoy Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 Judy, Can you draw a pic with arrows and tell us where you start and end? Did you go up one side and back down the other, or did you start both rows from the bottom. I really like the look. Hugs, Joy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrammaJoy Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 By the way. Can a QOV be for a child? I have some I did learning to use my Millie. They are very nice lap size quilts with pantos. Hugs, Joy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyL Posted June 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 Jeanne, if you're buying dinner at Chili's, you'd better bring it with you. Our choices here are Taco Bell or Burger King. See why I cook? Sparkle, I'm attaching another image that might help. Basically, I start at one corner, freehand the spine towards the other corner (the green drawn line), make the feathers going down one side of the spine and then come back up towards the top where I finish off. Patch, I think these are definitely quicker than the ones that backtrack on themselves. I can zip right through these whereas I have to slow down a lot when backtracking and try to get the needle to hit right in the holes made by the previous stitching when doing backtracking. To anyone who is having a hard time making feathers -- you CAN do it! I wish I had something here that I had done when I first started practicing feathers. Mine are not "Gaudynski" quality but they definitely get the job done and I love making them. I could make them in my sleep. It honestly just takes practice. Find a feather stencil that you like and doodle with it. Draw them on paper to get the feel of them. Trace them onto a practice piece and stitch along the lines. Then move the machine over, look at the ones you just did and try to do them without having a line to follow. It will take practice. They may not look so good but in no time, if you want to do them, you can get feathers that will thrill your customers. Having the Circle Lord or perfect feather stencils is great. I love Circle Lord and I'm surely not knocking it but there will be times when you want a goofy shaped feather or you have some weird shaped spaces to fill and you really need to know how to freehand them. The ones I'm making in this picture may not be *perfect* but they are going to be pretty and they are way quicker than using a stencil or template. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrammaJoy Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 Oh, yes. I've seen those in someone's book. They are very nice and easy to make. I agree. Just ppp on paper. Jamie's Cottontracks helped me learn to make them in either direction. Hugs, Joy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyL Posted June 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 Joy, your post came in while I was typing mine. Does seeing the second picture and explanation help you? I start at the place I've marked "start spine here", go towards the other corner with the spine, make the feathers coming down and now I'm back where I started the spine. Without stopping, I go back up the other side making the feathers and when I get near the top, and end off there. I make the whole thing - spine, feathers down one side, feathers up the other side, without stopping. If you still have questions, let me know and I'll help if I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybee Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 The way I got to do feathers is sit down and do on paper for awhile. This really helped me. Go get a book with Karen Mctasvish or Linda Tayler or Sharon Schamber or someone like that. They have fabulous feathers. PPP is the name of the game here. Nita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renae Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 Love to make those feathers.........learned to make them at MQS in Myrna's class. It is such an easy way to make them and I couldn't make them to save my soul before........Judy, yours are beautiful!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramona-quilter Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 Now, that's what I'm talking about...... I love those feathers. I took a feathers class at MQS but... I grew up speaking Spanish (Tex-Mex) and took it all thru school. Then when I was a Junior, I decided to try French. Yikes. It just about wrecked my Spanish so I quickly dropped it. It was just like that at MQS. I had just learned those feathers like JudyLs; separate no-bump repeat feathers and I was just starting to get good at them. Then I sat in that feathers class at MQS. Those feathers were the back-track kind and as I tried to draw these back-track feathers in the MQS class, I kept falling back into the separate feathers. I heard my French teacher's voice, and scampered out of class before it wrecked my JudyL-style feathers. I'm sure that the (bass-clef shaped) backtrack feathers are good for some but they do not work for me. I do like looking at them on other people's quilters, though. Funny, huh. I think the back track ones are more formal, maybe. I don't know. I do know that I just saved JudyL feather photo and will keep it forever. :D Thanks, Judy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynne Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 Judy, love that feather and your stitching is just so perfect!!! I've finally gotten to the point that I can do decent (not really good) JudyL. feathers when I'm doing rambling type quilting, but I recently tried to do it in wreath form and had trouble staying consistent going around the circle. Any tips for that? Thanks!! Lynne in Ann Arbor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyL Posted June 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 Lynne: Do you have a Circle Lord? If so, make your round spine. Then determine how far out you want your feathers to go. You can put in a smaller needle if you'd like to keep from making large holes. Set the CL to make that size circle, unthread the machine. Stitch and it should leave holes just faint enough that you can see them and make your feathers out to the "dotted line". Do the same thing for the inside of the wreath. If you don't have the CL, use a compass and a water soluble pen or chalk pencil and do the same thing. Make your center spine, then draw a dotted line for where you want your feathers to extend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judi Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 Judy - Very nice feathers and they fit perfectly in that shape - way to go! Thanks for sharing the photos and ideas with us - you are an inspiration - keep them coming please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 Judy L., where is your picture?? I like seeing your little smiling face looking back at us when I read your posts!! I'll be down with Jeanne, only you can do the cooking....I've heard too much about it not to sample it!! Oh yea, and you can show us how to do those feathers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyL Posted June 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 Mary Beth: Are you still on your trip? I don't have a clue where the picture is! Hasn't been around in a while. Come on down any time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandraC Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 Linda (ramona).... I think our brains must be twins! I, too, have no trouble making these feathers but the more formal ones don't seem to come to me as easy. I really should just take the time to do more practice I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyL Posted June 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 Make that triplets, Sandra. I do the same thing! I think it's because I am in a rut and the feathers I know how to do come so easy for me. When I first got Sherry's Formal Feathers book, I loaded a practice piece and began practicing. The first ones were awful and after an hour or so, they looked halfway decent but I gave up and went back to the ones I can do almost with my eyes closed. For me, I find the no backtracking method so quick. For the ones that require backtracking, I get kinda stressed worrying about hitting every hole, where I'm going next, etc. then instead of enjoying making feathers, I dread making them. Why do that? One day I'll have the desire to make more formal, twirly, girly feathers but for now, I'll keep making my no backtracking method. Did I ever tell you that when I first got my machine, I hated pantos. I tried them for a year or so and finally quit and said I'd never do them again. That went on for 5 or so years. Then I went back and tried them again and I don't mind them at all now. In fact, some days I love doing pantos. You just never know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gable428 Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 Judy, I love these types of feathers and yours are wonderful. The way you fill the space is perfect and you make it look so easy. I also printed both pictures so I can look at them while practicing. Thanks for sharing. Gable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countrystitcher Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 At MQS the opposite happened to me. I have been practicing Suzanne Early's "over-the-top" bump feathers for months and just getting it down --- then I went to 2 classes where they tried to change me to formal feathers. I was so frustrated, so decided I'd do it my way or Suzanne's way and it will all turn out in the end. There is no right/wrong way with feathers and they are all beautiful don't you think? Sharon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy_S Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 VERY nice feather. For those who are "freaked" by feathers, practice on scrap fabric. I got two sheets and loaded it into my frame and worked on feathers until I got them right. My dog now have a VERY quilted blanket, lol. I kept doing it till I finally got it right. I like to do things the hard way, without directions, lol. I'll have to try to work on a feather to look like yours. Very nice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizziesgirl Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 Congradulations Judy you have a style named after you the JudyL feathers. Yeah! I love those too, so much easier I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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