RULER WORK - FEATHER BORDERS
Learn to make beautiful Feather borders on your quilts using the Sew Steady Feather templates! You’ll start
by learning how to use the templates to make a Feather Border with a straight spine using the large Feather
template, and move on to making a Feather Border with a curvy spine and all four sizes of the Feather
templates – for a more organic, flowing border.
PREREQUISITE: Beginning Ruler Work class
Please arrive early enough to have your machine set up and ready to sew before class starts.
The classroom will be unlocked and open 15 minutes before class starts.
SUPPLIES LIST:
• (2) 18” x 21” Fat Quarter Sandwiches (plain light or medium-colored fabric – or a print that is not busy)
• Contrasting 40 or 50 weight cotton or polyester quality (i.e. not “old”) thread that will show well on FQ
sandwiches
• Full bobbin of contrasting thread (same kind as top thread) that will show well on back side of FQ
sandwiches
• Sewing machine and Extension table for your machine (a MUST)
• Ruler Foot (Westalee or one custom-made for your machine)
• Westalee Feather Template set with stable tape (included in the packaging) for your machine (high or
low shank)
• Westalee Spacing Gauge
• #14 Topstitch needle (Janome and Elna machines need Janome Purple top or Red top needle)
Bring extra needle in case one breaks
• Machinger (or other brand) Quilting Gloves
• Grid Glider
• 12 x 20 green for larger machines/extension tables
• or the smaller 11 x 14 peach-colored grid glider for smaller machines/smaller extension tables)
• OR Supreme Super Slider
• 24” ruler for marking fabric
• Frixion pen or Chaco marker that contrasts well with your fabric – or Herra Marker
• Screwdriver for your machine
• Seam Ripper
• Scissors (snips) for cutting thread
• Pencil for taking notes (we supply the lesson plan)
| Skill Level: | Intermediate |
| Skill Details: | Must have taken beginning ruler work class, and understand how to use their sewing machine. |
| Requirements: | Westalee Feathers Template Set (set of 4) in the correct size for your machine (Short Shank (3mm), High Shank (4.5mm), or Longarm (6mm) (Only the Bernina that uses the #72 foot can use the Longarm size) Westalee Spacing gauge Westalee Arc Template (from the first class) Ruler Foot (from the first class) |
| Instructor: | Deb Ewing |
| Instructor Bio: | Deb Ewing brings a wonderful background in sewing to our staff at Cynthia's of Bend. She started sewing in her teens - making her school clothes. As a young mom and wife, she sewed for her family and home. Her professional background is research, writing, and teaching computer curriculum for Boeing, and she has carried that love of research and teaching into her sewing and quilting life. She worked in the shop here at Cynthia's in from 2019 through 2021 - and couldn't get enough of learning all the machines and what they could do! Deb always had a love for teaching and transitioned from an sales associate to educator here at Cynthia's. |
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