Can you scan one into your computer? Then you can copy and paste it into MS Publisher or another drawing program and resize it. Or resize it using Irfanview, a program that can be downloaded for free.

Maybe someone else has another idea, but at 7:30 am on a Sunday with only 1/2 cup of coffee in me that's the best I can offer.

Good luck, Dianne

when I need a design I look at what is online, below is a place that has feather stencils, perhaps you can find a pattern that will help you. Rene

Here is a link that might be useful: quilting stencils

Excuse me, but I ABSOLUTELY LOVE quilting feathers.
Are you doing a feather wreath or a border? For square blocks it should be pretty easy to enlarge or reduce something on a copier, and easy to find a source.
The feather designs on antique quilts are hand drawn and almost NEVER perfect, but you don't really notice that; you see the overall effect.
For borders, I've learned a lot by trial and errors (many of them) but I like Anita Shackelford's book "Infinite Feathers." She teaches how to do this very clearly in that book.
Start with paper the size of your border, pencil and a HUGE eraser LOL. Fold it in equal sections both lengthwise AND widthwise, MINUS the corner square, however that comes out evenly (this will be the "repeat"). Save the corners for last.
Along the center, draw the vein and the outer limit of the feather as a rough guide. Then you should be able to find a stencil, template, or pattern that you can use, even if you have to fudge it a little to make it equal your repeat. Then you can design the corner turn. Once you have designed just the repeat and corner in pencil, ink it with black Sharpie so you can trace to fabric on a light table, moving the repeat as needed.
Sounds easy? It's not, takes time and practice, but it's worth it! Try Anita's book; lots of design ideas too. She also sells a plastic template with 11 different size and shape teardrops that you simply draw along your vein. I see now, she even has this on DVD so you can resize and print all these designs. (You will still need to know YOUR repeat size.)
You will love being able to do this on your own!
BlueBars

Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.thimbleworks.com/

All above ideas are wonderful. I'll also mention that I was taught to just draw half a valentine. That seemed to make more sense to my fingers.
Linda

I would suggest something similar to Linda's idea. If you need to draft the design by hand, entirely without the aid of a computer ... try this:

Draw the "spine" of your feather. Then cut a piece of cardboard into the half heart shape of one of the lobes of the feather. Use it as a template. Trace the edge with your pencil or chalk. The lobes will be more regularly shaped and evenly spaced.

I ended up drawing my own feathers when I made my first hand-quilted project. I drew just 1/4 of my feathered wreath, then laid the muslin over the top and traced. I rotated the design to complete the wreath.

When I quilted my rosebud wall hanging, I wanted a 5-petaled rose and leaves that would fit inside a half square triangle. I used the computer to create the design. I printed multiple copies. Then I cut out small portions of the design to make templates. I marked my quilt top with one of the templates, using the edge of the design to register it with the triangle it had to fit inside. Then I switched templates and marked another portion, using my previous markings as a guide. It took several templates to get all the lines where I wanted them, but I was very happy with the result. Some would say it is too tedious, but I accomplished my goal.

The first method was easier, because I didn't have to use multiple templates. I just traced. I guess the second method would work when the layers have already been basted, as was my case, or when it is not easy to trace through the fabric.

I can only conclude that when I want to fit a quilt motif to a particular size and shape, I am just going to have to custom create a design each time.

Thank you ladies for all the advice. The areas I will be using them in are about 2 inches X different lengths. Some will be going around corners. Thank You for the links, and book ref. The Quilt is already sanwiched, so I won't be able to use the light box. One of these days I will borrow a camera so I can post a picture. This is a very special quilt as it was made during my Mothers illness before she passed away. I carried it to the hospital everyday, later to the Rehabilitation/Nursing Home. Lots of tears were shed during the piecing of the quilt top, and my heart and soul went into it. It was to be a block of the month, and I finished it in 6 weeks. This is my second quilt, and I'm very excited. It's so special I don't want to mess it up. I'm going to try and post a link, to a web site that has a picture. I used the same fabrics that are in the picture. It took quite awhile to find them, but I finally did.

Janice

Here is a link that might be useful: Rabbits Prefer Chocolate

I know you are probably most interested in stencils and patterns for this, but following someone else's links I came across a video that made it look easy. lol--haven't tried it myself yet, but I am partial to feathers, having done them by hand on a quilt I once made for DH. The video has a misleading title, "the quilt halo," but have a look and you'll see her make feathers look soooooo easy! Ha!

Here is a link that might be useful: Sharon Schamber FMing a feather

Biwako,
Oh WOW, she does make it look so easy! After watching the video, I went back to practicing. I think the video helped. I think you really kinda get in the flow of things after a while. For some reason I thought she started at the bottom. I watched the vidoe a second time and this is not so, but I do better this way, go figure!

Janice

What a beautiful quilt and what a special memory it will always hold for you and those days with your mother. I love quilts that have a story to tell.