My First Free Motion Feathers

When I want to learn new quilting skills I sometimes buy vintage un-finished quilt tops from Etsy so I can make tons of mistakes on a quilt I didn't spend hours making myself.  To date, I think this is the experiment I am most proud of.

Here's the top I bought and the backing fabric that I selected.

The first quilting step for this project was that I wanted to learn free motion quilting with rulers. I purchased some new rulers and now I just needed an opportunity to practice some motifs to build my skills.

But the real magic happened when I tried my first ever quilted feather!

I've always wanted to own quilts with feather designs and I've always wanted to learn how to do it myself. This is just a simple example, but I'm so proud of how they turned out!

Here's what all those feathers look like on the back of the quilt.

Rupert helped me pick out the binding.

Here's the finished quilt!

Yay for quilted feathers forever!