I start at the beginning of the first lobe and stitch the spine up one side and down the other.
I go up one side first. I tend to stick on the line on the way 'down' the lobe towards the spine and then a little away from the first line of stitching on the way out from it. This is similar to the way long arm quilters handle feathers.
Stop and cut or bury my threads .
Start at the begining on the other side and finish at the top in the same way.
A row of echo quilting outside the feather the same distance as the width between each lobe finishes it wonderfully.
Diane Gaudynski is the world's best at doing feathers like this. Read her book Quilt Savvy to really get to understand her wonderful way with feathers and all other sorts of elegant quilting.
