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Log Cabin Quilt: Playful Feathers, Crosshatching & Beautiful Texture with Natalia Bonner

$10.00

Join professional machine quilter Natalia Bonner inside the PNQ Academy as she custom machine quilts a beautiful Log Cabin quilt, combining playful feathers, a center medallion and crosshatching with so much yummy texture.

In this instructional video, Natalia shares how she plans, marks and quilts designs that complement the quilt’s traditional piecing. Follow along as she explains her choices and breaks the process into manageable steps you can adapt to your own quilts.

Learn how to use the Sway rulers to mark and quilt curved feather spines, including a demonstration with the Sway 5. Natalia uses the Sway 5 for the feathers along the bottom and the Sway 4 for the feathers across the top. These feathers are loose, playful and full of personality—giving you room to enjoy the process without making every plume identical.

To help those feathers really pop, Natalia fills the surrounding areas with densely quilted straight lines. The contrast between the soft feathers and closely spaced lines creates dimension and an almost faux trapunto look. She also explains how other dense fillers can create a similar effect.

In the center, Natalia combines a medallion with crosshatching and talks through the additional backtracking needed to work around that design. You’ll also see how she aligns the next section of crosshatching after advancing the quilt, creating the appearance of long, continuous lines.

Throughout the video, Natalia shares practical reminders about gentle ruler pressure, using the proper ruler quilting setup and stopping with the needle down before repositioning a ruler.

Grab your Quilter’s Sketchbook, take notes and doodle along. We all start somewhere, and every bit of practice helps build your confidence!

Materials & Supplies Used

Machine

  • Longarm quilting machine

  • Stitch-regulated mode at 14 stitches per inch

Thread & Bobbins

Batting

Rulers & Tools

Always use a ruler foot, ruler base and proper machine quilting rulers when ruler quilting. Apply gentle pressure to keep the ruler steady, and stop with your needle down in the quilt before repositioning.

Featured Quilting Techniques

  • Custom Machine Quilting

  • Marking and Quilting Feather Spines with Sway Rulers

  • Playful Free-Motion Feathers

  • Dense Straight-Line Background Quilting

  • Creating a Faux Trapunto Effect

  • Combining a Center Medallion with Crosshatching

  • Planning Travel Paths and Backtracking

  • Aligning Crosshatching After Advancing the Quilt

  • Repositioning Rulers with the Needle Down

Removing Mark-B-Gone Markings

Always test marking products and the removal method on a scrap of the same fabric before using them on your quilt.

Mix 1 cup filtered water with 1 teaspoon baking soda in a PNQ Misting Spray Bottle. Mist the markings, then allow the quilt to dry completely. Repeat until the markings are completely gone, checking carefully as they can reappear while drying.

Do not apply heat until every trace of the markings is gone.

Why You’ll Love This Video

  • Follow Natalia’s process of custom quilting a traditional Log Cabin quilt

  • Learn how to mark and quilt feather spines with Sway rulers

  • Build confidence quilting playful feathers

  • Explore how dense background quilting makes feathers stand out

  • See how a center medallion changes your crosshatching path

  • Learn to connect crosshatching across advances

  • Gather ideas to doodle, practice and make your own

How It Works

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Join PNQ Academy and quilt alongside Natalia as she shares her techniques, explains her decisions and helps you build confidence in your own quilting.