Heather Thomas

Exploring with Machine Quilting

Heather Thomas
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Explore along with Heather some quilts that use feather, flower and leaf motifs in their quilting. Heather explains why those motifs were chosen for those particular quilts, how the size and scale of the motifs used were determined and what is working or not working with the quilting.
In this session Heather will use drawings and stitch-outs to introduce flowers that have a variety of different petal shapes and center styles.
Heather shares different styles of leaves and stitches them out, from simple to complex, in all-over leaf design and in a design used for border.
Discover the anatomy of a stitched feather. You will learn several different feather motifs, finish an all over design and two different border designs.
Heather revisits a few quilts and discusses ways to bring together the flower and feather motifs to stitch out whole-cloth and quilt & color designs for those who just want to have fun stitching out these amazing motifs.
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6 Lessons
2  hrs 39  mins

Description

Take your free-motion quilting skills up a notch by learning how to quilt feathers and flowers. These two motifs can add a lot of interest and beauty to your quilts. Learn how to stitch them without having to mark your quilt, and learn where best to use them, whether as filler or as standalone motifs.

Heather Thomas

Heather is a mixed media fiber artist with a passion for color and a dedication to teaching. After a decade of making original yet traditional work, she began venturing out toward art quilting, embellishments, and mixed media work. With more than 12 years of studying and teaching color and design under her belt, she wrote her second book, A Fiber Artists’ Guide to Color & Design, which came on the heels of her very popular first book, Fabric Embellishing: The Basics & Beyond. In 2011 Heather was a guest writer for Quilting Arts magazine with a multi-part feature on Free Style Machine Quilting. She also participates in group and individual instructional DVDs produced by the Creative Crafts Group. You can visit Heather’s blog at heatherthomasblog.blogspot.com.

Heather Thomas

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