Introduction to the Challenge
Welcome to the Feathers Free-motion Challenge Quilting Along! You can think of me, Angela Walters, as your personal free-motion quilting trainer! Through this 5 week challenge, we will work through one of my all time favorite quilting designs…..the feather!
Before You Start
All that you need is your sewing machine or longarm, a quilt sandwich to practice on and a free-motion quilting foot. But here are a few supplies that I find helpful when machine quilting this technique:
- Supreme Slider
- Gloves
- Glide Machine Quilting Thread
- Superior Titanium Needles
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Preparing Your Quilt Sandwich
Before we can dive into machine quilting feathers, we are going to need a quilt sandwich to practice on. In this quick bonus video, I show you how I like to prepare my quilts.
It doesn’t matter what basting technique you use, or even what size the quilt sandwich is, just as long as you have something to practice on.
Week 1: The Basic Feather
Let’s get this challenge off to a great start with the Basic Feather Design. In this week’s challenge, you’ll:
- Learn how to quilt the basic feather.
- See how to handle common feather mistakes.
- Be inspired to give it a try!
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Week 2: The Custom Feather
Welcome to the second week of the Feathers Free-motion Challenge! In this week’s challenge, we are going to learn the custom feather. It incorporates a little bit of traveling, but the effect is worth the effort! In this week’s challenge, you’ll:
- See how to quilt the custom feather.
- Watch it demonstrated on a sewing machine and longarm
- Learn answers to some FMQ FAQs
Week 3: Quilting Feathers in Backgrounds
Let’s get this challenge off to a great start with the Basic Feather Design. In this week’s challenge, you’ll:
- Learn how to quilt the basic feather.
- See how to handle common feather mistakes.
- Be inspired to give it a try!
Week 4: Quilting Feathers in Irregular Areas
Welcome to Week 4 of the Free-motion Challenge Quilting Along. It this video, I’ll show you how to squeeze feathers into irregularly shaped areas of your quilt. You’ll also:
- Learn my simple trick for fitting feathers into irregularly shaped areas
- Watch as I demonstrate it on a sewing machine and a longarm
- See quilted examples of this technique that will inspire you to give it a shot
Week 5: Quilting Mini Feather Motifs
In this week’s challenge, we are are going to quilt mini feather motifs. Machine quilting mini-motifs in a small area is a great way to learn the design without feeling daunted by a large area.
- Learn how to quilt mini feather motifs and serpentine lines on our quilt.
- See how to quilt it on a sewing machine and a longarm
- Watch as I quilt serpentine lines in the remaining blocks.