Welcome to my Feather Practice #1
Would you like to learn how to quilt beautiful feathers like shown below?
machine quilting by Carla Barrett
Many machine quilters, especially when new, struggle to learn how to quilt beautiful feathers. Other quilters, including many experienced professionals, may be intimidated by quilting free motion feathers. I am here to tell you that learning how to quilt feathers is well within your reach. It is for you that I decided to create my Feather Practice Worksheet Series.
Practice lesson file Part 1 is presented in .PDF format. You will need a free download, Adobe Reader, to open, read and print out each worksheet. I encourage you to print out at least 3 pages of this lesson for practice. I believe that practicing each Part over and over is essential to obtain Feather Mastery!
Feather Practice Worksheet, Part 1: Freehand Feather
barrettfeatherpractice1 (.pdf)
We start the series with a basic freehand feather. To assist with learning the steps, you can trace over the light gray feathers using a smooth rolling pen. Print out multiple copies of this .pdf file.
practice sheet 1 by Carla Barrett
Hope you have enjoyed this free Lesson. If so, please leave me a comment below.
What Happened to all your free pdf files?
Currently, I am re-writing and expanding my Feather Workshop Series into an eBook format. There was such demand for learning feathers that I decided to design more lessons and worksheets on drawing and quilting feathers. Keep watching for more details
Have fun! Carla Barrett
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Thank you so much for providing these worksheets! They will be well used!
Sylvia
Thank you for posting your lesson sheets Carla, I’m trying my hand on a Voyaguer 17 machine.
Thank you so much Carla! I appreciate this so much.
Thank you ?Carla most helpful. I printed the sheets to practice with.
Thank you so much Carla – it was incredibly kind of you to share these work sheets – I can’t wait to try them.
Best Wishes
Louise
Thanks so much. I have been struggling so these will sure help!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and talents!
Carla, this is very much appreciated! Great job!
Thank you for your generosity, thses will be such a huge help!!!
Thank you so much for these worksheets and sharing your knowledge. After reading through the various posts on them, I think I may have enough confidence to try this.
Thank you so much! I loved these lessons. I needed how to apply them to the various shapes that occur on quilt-tops.
Thank you Thank you Thank you from a new long arm quilter. I will be using your worksheets until I have mastered them. You are so very talented!!
Thanks so much! I have just purchased my first long arm and am excited to get practicing! Your designs are beautiful!
Thank you so very much, I am a new long arm quilter. I love the feathers so much and your inspiration and talent are so appreciated.
Thank you so much for the practice sheet. They will be very helpful in learning to quilt. I dream of the day to be this good. Thanks again
I really appreciate your time and effort in sharing these worksheets. I am really trying to improve my feather quilting this year and these will be so helpful! Very generous of you!
I’m not a quilter, but loved your practice sheets for Zentangle-inspired designs. Thanks.
You are very welcome! Thanks for stopping by and saying hello!
Thanks so much for these- I struggle with drawing this type of design so the practice sheets are very helpful!
So grateful for these!
Thanks for the practice sheet! I have been trying to learn feather for a long time this has happen! Thanks lorie
Thanks for these wonderful worksheets that clearly explain how to learn to make feathers.
Really appreciate your lessons….they are very useful to a beginner like me and I can’t wait to practice and use them! Thank you!
Canute, You are very welcome! Thanks for stopping by and saying hello. Regards, Carla
Looking forward to seeing what you are cooking up for us. Thank you for sharing your talent.
Thanks. I love feathers,but I’m new to quilting them. I need all the good practice I can get.
thank you – glad i discovered your page
Susan – Polokwane
I have been attempting to learn to draw decent looking feathers. I want to use them in doodling / tangle drawing. Thank you the lessons. I appreciate them. ~~ terrie lynn
Terrie Lynn, you are very welcome! Have fun drawing your tangles, too. 🙂
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I miss all your free feather lessons. I hope you put them up again soon.
Hi Missy, Now that I am taking a break- about to head off sailing in the Caribbean and Beyond, I will have time to finish my Feather Mastery Workbook. Hope to get to it soon. Life does have a way of interrupting ones plans- and often in a good way. Here is a post to help explain why my life changed so suddenly- https://featheredfibers.wordpress.com/2014/11/19/adoption/ Take care!
Super construtiva suas dicas adorei
Gracias, Katia.