Tuesday, September 13, 2011

feathering the edges


I feathered the edges of the black & cream feather by stitching down the center and putting it in a load of laundry, as Jude suggested. It worked so beautifully, I think I'll do the same with the other two feathers for the Magic Feather Project.

Carrying this idea into life, I can think of a few hard edges that could use softening . . .  

15 comments:

  1. Ha! I'm doing laundry today, maybe will throw in something symbolic that needs the rough edges off of it!

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  2. Wouldn't it be nice to throw things in the laundry to soften them up! Your feathers are beautiful.

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  3. Perfect. Laundry magic! Part of the "Everyday Magic" series. :~)

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  4. Jeannie, thank you! There's lots of hard edges in the world right now but maybe if I soften some of mine, it'll help. Although my body is already nice and soft! :-) I'm thinking that old thought patterns and judgments, etc. could use some feathering...

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  5. nice choice of fabric for your feathers and what a great idea for fluffing them out.

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  6. I need to try this too. And yes, it would be nice if we could soften some other hard edges.

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  7. That is a brilliant way to soften the edges. Thank you for sharing that idea :)
    I love your fabric choices...nice!

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  8. nice feathers and i especially like the spotty one. good idea to soften the edges.

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  9. Deanna, Deb, Marie & Kaite -- thanks, the black & cream cotton has sentimental value because I found it in my mom's stash after she passed. And the idea to soften the edges is Jude's from one of her feather whispering posts! It really gives a lovely effect.

    Soft is good.

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  10. this photo is great, so simple and nice.

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  11. Jude, thanks. I really like this way of making feathers....

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  12. i like the top left one. did you use the crease in the denim? clever.

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  13. Cindy, thanks -- yes, it's from some little boys' jeans, one of those where the knees were patched over and over. Badly, I might add. I can say that cuz I was the patch-er!

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  14. Thanks, Els! I'm loving feather-making...

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