I have quilted my painted quilt, SPIRIT SHARDS. The feathers I made and showed in my previous post were very colorful…actually too much so for this quilt. I have used one toward the bottom of the piece, but felt I needed to make an entirely new set of feathers in more neutral tones. VIOLA! They turned out to be just what I was looking for.
I’ve arranged them as I think I want them to be. The photo only shows part of the quilt because I have a call for entry that seems appropriate for this piece and I’m considering entering it for jurying.
I will bind the quilt and sew on the hanging sleeve before I apply the feathers. I am going to shape each feather with some contour stitching, trim the quill end and then attach them by hand with some embroidery along their “spines”. I want them to remain three dimensional…I’ll see how this goes…from the studio
studio 18 art 
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Thank you, Teresa! Sue
How much does this type of quilt sell for? 😉
I usually charge by the square inch ($1 and up) or square foot ($100 and up) depending upon the techniques used to create the fabric and quilt surface and the amount of quilting, etc. This helps to keep my pricing consistent within a series done with a similar technique. Until I have completed a few more with this method of embellishment, I cannot determine where in the range this method will fall. The working size of this piece is 32X45 inches.
This is, without a doubt, the most beautiful quilt I’ve ever seen in my life.
I don’t know how to do the math on it (the cost) – but worth every penny…
Wow…thanks so much!
Looks very good so far!
I’m really glad to hear that from you…thanks!
Very beautiful – love the techniques you’ve used (actually, I love everything about this!) =D
Thanks! I’ve been experimenting with this technique for other applications and loving it!
Love the balance between light and dark areas, as well as the colours. Wonderful!
Thank you…as you can see from much of my work, I am in love with color!