Let’s Quilt Windy Feathers, Design #491

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I love how Windy Feathers turned out in the background of my hoop quilt:

This is a terrific design to quilt in spaces like this because it filled quickly, I could easily travel stitch to form more lines of the design, and the flowing lines added a nice contrast to the center circle.

Let’s learn more about Windy Feathers:

Difficulty Level: Intermediate. Don’t let this rating intimidate you! I mostly set the rating based on the amount of travel stitching a design has and how much time it takes to fill a space. Travel stitching is a skill you just have to build with quilting and Windy Feathers would be a great design to learn how to stitch right on top of your stitching to move through the design.

Design Family: Edge to Edge. This design is part of a little mini family that I call Pocket Designs. Basically you stitch the lines to create gaps or pockets, then you can leave those spaces open, or fill them with other designs, which creates a totally different effect!

If you’re interested in geeking out on this with me (yes, of course you are!), first learn how to quilt Flowing Lines. This is the simplest version of the design and the fastest to stitch.

Then stitch it up a notch with Goldilocks and Trapped Paisley. I promise if you stitch out all of these designs you’ll not only gain a lot of awesome quilting skill, you’ll also fall in love with this design style too!

Where Do I Quilt It? – Backgrounds, sashing, and borders are all great choices for Windy Feathers. I love how the background of my Hoop Quilt turned out. Do you want to make one too? Go check out Anne Marie Chany’s podcast to learn all about Hoop Quilts!

I’ve loved sharing videos on the Grace Qnique 14+ this year and learned so much more about quilting on a sit down longarm. But I admit – I’m still curious! I want to know what it will be like to put this machine on a quilting frame. 

So starting in December, that’s exactly what we’re going to do. I’m not sure which day of the week we will be sharing videos, but soon they will switch from quilting on a sit down longarm to quilting on a frame longarm. I hope you’re as curious as I am and excited to see these new videos!

(And please don’t worry! I’m still going to share weekly posts and videos on quilting on a home machine too!)

Let’s go quilt,

Leah Day