Free Motion Fun With Feathers!,
Volume 1 DVD

If you've ever admired machine quilted feathers and wished you could stitch them yourself, then this instructional DVD is for you!
Beginning with a tutorial on marking the quilt sandwich, this DVD guides you through stitching freeform feathers, feathered hearts,
whimsical feathers, and feather embellishments with decorative threads. The tutorial then turns to feathers with a stitched spine and
curley-cue feathers with a stitched spine, and then a discussion on Thread Power the use of thread as an additional design element in your quilts.
It rounds out with a final discussion on uses for feathers in traditional quilts, contemporary quilts, and in art quilts.
With such a versatile design element, what quilter wouldn't want to learn the art of machine quilted feathers?!

Skill level: Intermediate to Advanced

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Wow!  It's been a long time in the making, but the second volume of feathers is now here and available for purchase!
This baby is hot and covers more than 28 different feather designs, spread out over 2 discs!  With a total play time of 4 hours and 5 minutes,
this 2 disc set will keep you busy learning all kinds of fun and innovative feather designs!
Here's what is covered:

We begin with a short chapter discussing and illustrating different types of feathers and the various features you can add to a feather
to set different tones to your quilt. The goal of this chapter is to help you organize different feather designs so you can appreciate the
predictable effects they will have on the viewer.  This will enable you to make effective choices about each and every feather you decide to stitch on your quilt!

From there, we move to a chapter on one-sided freeform feathers; these will serve as the groundwork for stitching asymmetric feathers.
Here are a couple examples of asymmetric feathers (just to stimulate your appetite!):

Next, we'll change gears and move to learning new hyperquilting designs for feathers!
There are many of these, but here are a couple of designs to get you psyched up:

From there, we'll move to something much calmer as we learn 4 different feather explosion designs.
These are all different methods of using feathers as a background fill design, all to add a graceful elegance to your quilts!

This 2 disc set is overflowing with fun and innovative design ideas for feathers!

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Run Time 2 hours 7 minutes

If you are captivated by the gracious curves of a flowing feather and looking for
innovative feather spine designs, then this DVD is for YOU!

This third volume of feather motifs explores the feather spine as a new focus for design work.
Whether you make traditional quilts or contemporary quilts, there are feather spine designs
to enhance your feather work and add interest and detail to your quilting.
This DVD explores feather spine designs suitable for isolated feathers as well as
feathers used in continuous borders. In later chapters, the spines are used to define feather
shapes such as feathered hearts and feathered wreathes.

No matter how you are using feathers in your quilts, these spine designs will transform your feathers into works of art!

If you are a feather lover and on the lookout for new and exciting feather designs, then this DVD is for you!

Here’s a quick snapshot of some of what is covered:

The Inverted Feather Scroll Spine
We demo it here in a feathered heart,
but it also works great in a feathered wreath with a wide spine or any scroll spine

Double  (Mega) DVD set

Run Time - 3hrs 30 Minutes

Content:  This colorful DVD explores numerous feather border and feathered frame designs.

Purchase this Double DVD Set  today for only £37.95  -  Inc. UK 1st Class Postage & VAT

Volume 1 DVD

If you've been intrigued by the graceful curves of vines or the intricate designs of leaves and wish to stitch them yourself,
then this DVD is for you! With designs applicable to traditional quilts, contemporary quilts, and art quilts,
this DVD is a step-by-step tutorial on the free motion stitching of a wide variety of vines as well as
garlands of flowers and leaves. You will then learn how to add more interest to your vines and leaves through hyperquilting,
or overquilting your stitched motifs with a high contrast decorative thread. Bring the garden of your fantasies
to life with your sewing machine as you master these free motion designs and techniques!

Skill level: Intermediate to Advanced

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Free Motion Fun With Vines & Leaves!,
Volume 2 DVD

If you are captivated by the delicate veins of leaves or the curvaceous line of a meandering vine and are looking for ways to
add texture and interest to your quilts, then this DVD is for you! This second volume of vine and leaf motifs takes of
 where Volume 1 ended! We'll begin by learning new vine and leaf motifs to add to your design repertoire,
but that's only the beginning! We'll blast off into the exciting world of free motion machine embroidery, and you'll see just
how easy it is to use your free motion skills to add another layer of interest and texture to your quilts! Using your new
skills of hyperquilting, free motion embroidery, and free motion machine quilting,
your quilted botanical motifs will add new dimension and intrigue to your quilts!

Skill level: Intermediate to Advanced

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Fast and Free!,
Volume 0.5 DVD

Are you new to free motion machine quilting and need guidance from the ground up? Are you a seasoned free motion machine quilter
and looking for some new design ideas for stitching quilted motifs? Then either way, this instructional DVD is for you!
This DVD begins with a discussion on the basics of free motion quilting, and then turns to a lesson on preparing the quilt sandwich.
The mysteries of mastering sewing machine tension are then unravelled before basic lessons in free motion machine quilting begin.
Once the basics are covered, the viewer is introduced to the concept of “Fast and Free”…the technique of creating
countless spin-off designs, just by making a small change in one base design. Watch and listen as Patsy shows and discusses
how to stitch 18 different quilting designs and gives ideas for additional related spin-off designs.
The tutorial ends with a detailed lesson in how to convert your closed toe free motion foot to an open toe foot.
With designs suitable for traditional quilts, contemporary quilts, and art quilts, what machine quilter wouldn't benefit from a tutorial like this?!

Skill level: Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced

This is now known as volume 0.5 - a complete revision and re-working of Volume 1

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Fast and Free!,
Volume 2 DVD

Are you bored with stippling and searching for new design ideas?  If you're intrigued by the wonderful variety of textures
created by intricate quilting designs, or if you just LOVE quilting and are on the lookout for novel background fill designs,
then this instructional DVD is for you! With designs applicable to traditional quilts, contemporary quilts, and art quilts,
Patsy explains and then demonstrates how to stitch 29 different designs and gives you the tools to create even more spin-off designs!
The tutorial ends with a detailed instruction on how to build your own Plexiglas extension table for your short-arm, mid-arm,
or long-arm machine…think of the money you'll save over buying a frame system! With designs suitable for traditional quilts,
contemporary quilts, and art quilts, what machine quilter wouldn't benefit from a tutorial like this?!

Skill level: Intermediate & Advanced

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If you enjoy free motion quilting and are looking for luscious and innovative quilting designs
to enhance and showcase your quilt tops, then this 2 disc set of DVDs is for YOU!
Learn the skills to add pizzazz and beauty to your quilts as Patsy explains and then demonstrates how to
stitch more than 35 different quilting designs and gives you the tools to create even more spin-off designs!
After that, learn Patsy's secrets to quilting a large quilt on a home domestic sewing machine,
as well as her system for deciding which quilting designs will work on any given quilt.
You'll be exploding with new ideas and free motion quilting skills once you've studied this 2 disc set,
so get ready to blast off with Patsy into the exciting world of free motion quilting!

Skill level: Intermediate & Advanced

Total Play Time – 4 hours, 4 minutes

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Subtitle:  “The Machine Quilter’s Guide to Creating Stunning and Innovative Free Motion Feather Designs”

Description:  Book, 140 pages, Full Color, Soft Cover

This colorful book teaches the basics of machine quilted feathers and explores countless ways to manipulate
feathers to create stunning, one-of-a-kind, “designer feathers.”

If you do not know how to stitch machine quilted feathers yet, this is the book for YOU,
and if you already know how to stitch free motion feathers, this book will help you to take your designs over the top!

This book has something for everyone!
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