Feather Headress!!!

dont take it personally!

Posted by Captain AJ

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i was at the broadstairs folk festival and i saw an awesome headress, and i really loved it but the cheeky bugger who was selling it put the price up the next day when i went to buy it :( so i decided to make my own, and it cost half price and i love even more :)

p.s the pictures are a little bit crappy and some arnt loading sorry!!!

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  • Feathers

Steps (18 steps, 150 minutes)

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    first i got some long white feathers from hobby craft for around £1.99

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    i got some short black feathers aswell from hobby crafts for £1.49

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    then i got assorted pack of feathers for £1.99

    (all of the feathers were in the deal so they came up to £3.89)

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    i also got a little suede bag from a charity shop, to use as the headband.

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    aswell i got some ribbon from hobby crafts for 59p a meter (i only got one meter there was more than enough!)

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    i got this belt from the charity shop, becuse of the beading and the leather straps, but an alternative is doing some intricate beading work so i fast tracked it!! ;)

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    i also got the belt to use as an extra hanging bit for the headress

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    right now i got everything i cleared a space on the table and started with the headband piece!

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    okay, so i opened tha bag up so it was alljust one long bit, the i took the stitched end off folded it in half and cut it to make it straight either side.

    then i folded the left over material that was only just long enough to reach from ear to ear, i was happy with the length so i folded it in half and ironed it, to make it easier.

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    cool, so now i lined up the long white feathers and put some superglue on the middle of the feather just where it starts being all feathery

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    then i added 2 beige coloured feathers , and repeated on all the feathers

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    then on the cross over of the beige feathers i put some more glue on and added some darker feathers the same way

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    after the glue had dried i arranged the feathers on the suede from the bag and made sure the tips ended a little before half way then duct taped it onto the suede

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    then i glued the remaining bit of material and folded it up

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    i used the english dictionary to weigh it down (that book weighs a ton!) and left over night just to be sure!!!

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    so after it dried i added the short balck feathers in the gaps between the feathers.
    also i glued some leather straps from the belt at the top.
    and i glued the ribbon under the strap of leather and at the bottom and sides
    the i cut up the belt and stuck the beads in the middle!!

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    then with left over leather straps i stuck them either side of the beads so they hung down.

    then with the black belt, i poked feathers through the plaits and stuck at the back of the headband so it also hung down.

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    then i wore it :)
    (cant really see in this pic, but you caan see the hanging down bits)