Thread: Feathers!? How do they stay on?!

How do you attach them to costumes? I have a bunch of peacock eye feathers and want to add them to a costume but have no idea how to...sewing?...glue?...I'm confuzzled! The costume has some long fringe on it so I need a way that the feathers still look amazing but won't fall off if the fridge contacts them.

Thanks in advance for ur advise

Originally Posted by ShimmyStar

How do you attach them to costumes? I have a bunch of peacock eye feathers and want to add them to a costume but have no idea how to...sewing?...glue?...I'm confuzzled! The costume has some long fringe on it so I need a way that the feathers still look amazing but won't fall off if the fridge contacts them.

Thanks in advance for ur advise

omg...i did the same with the same once...glue! i had a bra, belt..had to put a bead on the stem of each eye so it would not catch or scratch.

CAREFUL gluing and hand sewing... I don't touch feathers, because I am so messy w/ glue... the feathers, fabric, and my hands end up all glued and nasty.

Hi!

I did the same with my Peacock-Bella.
I just bound two feathers together with a thin gold wire as peacock-feathers have a front and a back and I wanted them to be gorgeous on both sides as they dangle. Then, I just stuffed the feathers into the pearl at the end of the fringes of my belt. That was it - and it doesn't fall out, too!



Love, Sahira.

If you are heavy handed with glue (like me) I don't suggest using glue as your only source. Whenever I do it w/ feathers you end up with globs of glue that show thru beyond the feather. So my solution is 1 of 2 things if this happens: 1) put a rhinestone over the glue mark to hide or 2) make a droplet ball of glue at the tip of the feather bone and once this dries, sew the feather on using that as a stitch. All in all I prefer sewing rather than gluing... gluing in my opinion is cheap, easy, and doesn't last as long or look as pretty/finished/wellmade.

Thanks gals! And ur peacock bella is beautiful!

Thank you!

Another approach is to use the techniques for making feather jewelry, which will typically involve wire wrapping or crimp findings. There are lots of tutorials online.