I took an all day class yesterday on doing free-motion feathers from Linda Hall. She's had several quilts in national quilt shows and has a website
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. There were only four of us in the class, and it was wonderful! There is hope! We all managed to do a sampler quilt by the end of the day....and they looked great. Her method is amazing. I can't wait to try out my newly-learned talent on a few of those quilt tops lying around here.