Machine Quilting - Simple Feathers on a Spine and How to Travel Successfully

This tutorial is an excerpt taken from my Monday Night Live Demo Series. In this video, we take that simple paisley shape (feather) and I show you how best to travel on a spine so that your feathers STAY looking like feathers the whole time. I also show you how they go wrong and why.
I hope you enjoy this video! Please give it a thumbs up if you find it helpful and remember to share it with your quilty friends.
Thanks for watching!

[@loritsatsa890]

I love this!!!!! Thank you for teaching it

[@wekebu]

Thank you for this. You make sense about how to go about doing a feather. PS, I love the sound of the machine also.

[@whirlsnswirlsquilting4362]

Thank you! I love the sound of the machine too. I find it soothing❤️

[@kateniaallen8670]

Your videos are the best I have seen!!! I love them! And the way you explain it just works for my brain. Thank you!!! A million times thank you!!

[@whirlsnswirlsquilting4362]

THANK YOU Kate! I so appreciate that and I hope you're having a great time with your machine. 😍

[@marypelrine339]

I've watched quite a few videos on how to do feathers, been practicing like crazy and now finally you have just made it all click with the s curve and bump! thanks. Now to watch the rest of your video!

[@whirlsnswirlsquilting4362]

THAT makes me so happy to hear! I hope you're having a blast quilting tons of gorgeous feathers!

[@debbielong1168]

I love feathers. Just need a lot more time in the sketchbook

[@whirlsnswirlsquilting4362]

That's the key ingredient! Keep at them, you got this!

[@debhaugen7543]

Down time and working on my free motion feathers! Thank you Tracy!

[@whirlsnswirlsquilting4362]

Awesome! How are those feathers going Deb?

[@lynettekow1220]

I really enjoyed the emphasis on being relaxed and not to be perfect

[@whirlsnswirlsquilting4362]

When we are tense and/or overthink everything, it's difficult for the creativity to flow. It's supposed to be fun! 😁

[@annhaynesparker]

Big help! THANKS

[@44moonbeam]

Love that you are doing this. Thank You

[@whirlsnswirlsquilting4362]

Thanks Jo Ann! So much more to come! 😁

[@conqueringmountscrapmorewi2509]

Such beautiful stitching! Thanks for sharing!

[@whirlsnswirlsquilting4362]

Thank you Brenda!

[@kandiceshepherd3534]

I love your videos. Thank you. Merry Christmas.

[@whirlsnswirlsquilting4362]

Thank you Kandice! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too!

[@sandan2358]

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from Kansas 🌻

[@whirlsnswirlsquilting4362]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you also!

[@heathermcguire1101]

Thank you. Best reminder is to doodle everyday and don’t change the orientation of your page.

[@whirlsnswirlsquilting4362]

Not turning your sketchbook is a game changer in doodling.😉

[@PenClapp]

When you practice on your long arm, do you just throw one piece of fabric on or do you do all three layers? Top, bottom and batting?

[@whirlsnswirlsquilting4362]

Always use 3 layers when practicing working with rulers. For freehand/freemotion, get yourself a good sized sketchbook to get comfortable with creating and learning designs. It's all muscle memory so if you can doodle it, you can quilt it! :)

[@StitchingWithTheSisterlies]

lol…hot dogs or something 😂😂

[@whirlsnswirlsquilting4362]

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