How to Sew on Feathers and Make Your Own Feather Trim 

I'm making a feathered Victorian mantle! How did that cowl turn out?

Marachime ....

Rebecca Miller wow.. how lucky u r.. peacock feathers are beautiful.. it's lovely.. very expensive here.. :(

@@farizashar3600 omg what?? I bought 36 feathers for 24 cents, and not even that: my cousins grandpa owns a restaurant and they have a lot of chickens so yeaaah

Wow you so lucky I love feathers they are so pretty

@@gentidrini can you please tell me where can I purchase hun?. In need of them asap

+Katharine Tool if you don't want to see the decorative ribbon you could always sew on another trim over it or hand sew on some feathers to cover it.

+Shantz Collymore it really depends on how big your feathers are and how thick you want it. For 12" you'll probably use at least 30 but you can buy always buy a bag of cheap feathers at the local craft store just to experiment with. I haven't purchased feathers wholesale so sorry I don't have a recommendation on this.

yay! :D

I'm not sure but I have seen a low tack sewing tape a good sewing stores...maybe she used that? amazon probably or maybe Hancock's online.

+stvnixrcks yes, you can use as @sislertx suggested and use a sewing tape. I used a clear tape that wasn't very sticky at all. Also, dab a little bit of sewer's aid on the needle and this will help too. :)

I got these from Mood Fabrics I believe

+LarnieRadek I would do this same process although fringe individually is really thin so I would imagine it would be a little trickier.

Hmm....as long as you let the needle dry completely before sewing, I think it should be ok. You also might want to adjust your thread tension.

these are the feathers I used www.moodfabrics.com/5-turquoise-feather-fringe-24043.html

Professor Pincushion Thank you!

it's just regular stuff I picked up at my local dollar store, nothing fancy :)

I would sew the feathers on a separate fabric like a ribbon and then sew them on to the garment but you can really do it either way.

+perry mackay hmmm...you can try using fabric glue. I like using the beacon brand. It works pretty well for me but I've never tried it for feathers. worth a shot though

+Professor Pincushion ok thanks

Well, if you want there to be feathers, you can hand sew them on top of the ribbon or just have the decorative ribbon showing.

it might be really pricey and fragile but should work :)

maybe it test it on a sample and see if it works. I've had pretty good luck with beacon fabric glue so I'm thinking it'll be fine, it might just be a little more messy than tape. :)

Professor Pincushion thank you so much

Professor Pincushion by the way thank you for this tutorial buying already made feather trim get pretty pricey

...to sew a feather sleeve?

if you use a wide zig zag stitch you can probably sew on a few feathers at once but you'll have to experiment with your machine to see what you can get away with

that's not elastic. it's just ribbon