ramona-quilter Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 This is another king size. I seem to get quite a few of these. It was a class project and most of the other students had more folded flowers but they only made a lap-size. She will be giving it to her son and DDIL. She wanted feathers and wool batting. The backing is pieced burgundy flannel. I\'m so happy that Quilter\'s Dream now has king-szie wool. I used Suzanne Earley\'s Meandering Magic with big fluffy feathers. I am just loving the freedom of doing those feathers free-motion from edge to edge. Suzanne\'s class at MQS has paid for itself and the airfare to get there ! :D I stitched over the corners of the folded flower blocks being careful not to stitch on the flower itself. I wanted the flower block to be stabilized. Then after I was done and started to unroll it, I thought that the back would look cool if I did some ruler work around those flowers. It was a bit tricky because of the flowers and the bead but it was so worth it. My customer loved it it. But the best part is when I took it to the LQS to show it off. Another LA\'er with the computerized system loved the feathers. She asked how I had gotten around the flowers when I was doing the panto...."This isn\'t a panto. This is my freemotion quilting." It was so nice to hear that my work is nice enough to be mistaken for a professional designed panto. This LAer does not do freehand yet, just the stock computer patterns so far. And no ruler-work yet. It took me a while to get comfortable with a ruler. Here is the front: A close-up of the borders: A close-up of the folded flower: The back of the quilt: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skrat Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Linda, That is absolutely stunning. Beautiful job and well done. Congrats!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Farnham Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 That is just beautiful. That is so cool that the other Longarmer thought you were using a panto. Really makes you feel good. Love looking at your work. As always, A true INSPIRATION!!!!!! Thanks for sharing! Laura Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socalgal Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Hey Linda, I think this looks so good. Way to go. Cheryl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sams Mom Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Linda, Beautiful feathers. Did I see some bump bump feathers there (Claudia inspired)? I\'m looking close and I think so. They look good. I\'ve been toying with them too but I have to think so I don\'t keep switching between the two. Again, beautiful quilting. Donna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattyJo Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Wonderful Linda, You have done a beautiful job on this. Your customer should be very pleased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadia Wilson Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Linda, Your feathers look so awesome on this quilt....I have to get that book!!! You are right, stitching around the folded flowers really did make them pop. Well done! and way to go on the huge compliment at the quilt shop!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa T Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Well, I am so impressed with this quilt-you made me sign up and join the forum instead of just watching from a far. Your quilting is beautiful and your photography even better!!!! No only did you do a great job-I agree whole-heartedly about stitching around the folded folders-brilliant- but you gave us such a good look at your work! You do rock!!! I like the way you hung the quilt. Do you have a curtain rod installed in your studio? I\'m thinkin\' I need something like that. Would be fabulous for a client to walk in to pick up their quilt and see it hanging so beautifully. Hmmm... Need to get the old man working on that one. . . Lisa T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsbishwit Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Linda; Your feathers are beautiful! Looks like they are second nature to you. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Beautiful!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eswindy Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 That is beautiful freehand...I need to take classes from you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbi Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Linda! that\'s so beautiful, inspirational for the "rest" of us!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Linda, That came out great. I have a question on the meander feather. Do you do the spine and then feather and then roll or do you meander the whole quilt and then go back and feather? It really is a stunner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stagecl Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Your feathers are awesome! Cheryl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerriVB Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Linda--what a nice piece of eye candy to eat my breakfast to this morning!!! Such fitting quilting designs for the quilt--and with that wool I bet it looks even better in person!!! I have done the Magical Meandering for myself a few times--and this week put it on 2 customer quilts--will have to see what they say!! Keep up the great work!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Linda - Ramona Quilter....You Rock!!! Beautiful, beautiful!!! I have those Meandering Magic books and just went through them a couple of days ago...Glad to see the classes paid off!! Lisa T....welcome to the forum!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bekah Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Oh Linda, your feathers are an inspiration and they look absolutely fabulous. Thank you so much for sharing your talent and your feather ability. Gives this lady hope that someday ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Linda, Your feathers are spectacular and I love that quilt. I have Suzanne\'s books, but I haven\'t even tried her techniques on muslin yet. I guess I better start PPP so I can learn how to do them. Your\'s are beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheri Butler Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Linda my dear, as usual, you TOP the charts with that one!!! My oh my that\'s just beautiful! And what a compliment from the LQS! You sooo deserve it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smockingRN Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 OH Linda! Gorgeous! I LOVE loving at all your photos.... And hoping I can learn to quilt 1/10 as well! Thanks for the inspiration!! Karen in La. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramona-quilter Posted June 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Thanks so much for your kind words. This is my second Meandering Magic since taking Suzanne Earley\'s class at MQS. The book really steps you thru the entire process. The end result looks way more difficult than it is. I think that is why I didn\'t try it until I saw Suzanne using the technique at MQS. I learned some lessons on the first quilt and was very pleased with how this one turned out. Lisa T - Welcome to the forum. The quilt hanger is a photo backdrop setup from Amvona. Here is a link to their products. You can sometimes catch these on sale, just have to check with them periodically. http://www.amvona.com/?page=shop/category&category_id=a4c84469eccbfcedff404a861ad6e3fb I tried using a curtain rod but I wanted to be able to raise/lower the rod (with a kingsize quilt on it) without help. I also try to display the customer quilts in my foyer when the client is coming over to pick it up. That way they get to see it front and back. Heidi - I do my meander (huge stipple) for the entire quilt and then roll it back to the top and start quilting the feathers. It is supposed to be a BIG meander so you can fit feathers on from the top and bottom without overlapping lines. Each curve is at least as big as your fist. Don\'t put your meander too close to the rollers/edges. If I quilted myself into a corner and left a blank spot, I just filled it with a nice ribbon or curl. I use whimsical feathers. I think that Jodi Robinson (echo feathers) would also work great on this. I would like to do the bump-bump feathers but, like Donna (above), that would require concentrating on the pattern. If I drift off for even a second, I fall right back into the whimsey feathers. The only down-side that I see to these feathers...well, other than that they are addicting. It uses a LOT of THREAD. I used 16 - 215 yd bobbins for this 112" x 118" king-size. That\'s over 3,000 yds of thread in the bobbin and another 3,000 yds for the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Linda, Wow that is a ton of thread! Thanks for the details on the meander. I know I\'ve done it for smaller things but wasn\'t too sure about edge to edge version. Yes your are right that Jodi\'s feathers would look great on this. I\'ll have to give it a try. I already have a quilt that I can do it on...now I just have to get it loaded! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcclannan Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Love the 3D effect and your feathers are just beeeeautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindasewsit Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Linda, Really nice!! I have the book and have practiced them. I don\'t do so great in the curves. My feathers always look really funky in the curves...and not a good funky! That Is REALLY great quilting!! linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoAnnHoffman Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Absolutely Gorgeous! You should be proud of yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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