How To Make A Feather Hat

Secure the millinery wire and feather together with a little glue.

How to make a feather hat. Wrap the tape around the feathers as well as at the bottom of the bouquet. Look for white feathers at your local craft store and paint the tops of each feather. Thin the fluff from the lower half of the feather shaft by pinching the top of the feather in one handand.

I love to use the Rustoleum Painters Touch spray paints. Try different colors or even multiple layers of feathers. Heat the glue gun and use a few drops of glue to secure the back of the ribbon or boa to the hat.

Our lovely member Sophie shows us how. Mounting feathers gives you so many new options to design feather trimmed headwear. Youll need scissors glue leather a hole punch of some sort and possibly a knife.

Hold the feather in place for about 10 to 15 seconds. The large white one is about half a meter in diameter about 15 feet. Apply a dot of hot glue to the felt and press a feather into it.

The first step to making this party hat is dying and glittering the feathers. Prep the Base Find a woven basket at the secondhand store for the base of the DIY Juju Hat. Assorted craft feathers plain headband silk flowers hot glue gun fabric felt cardboard circles Russian veiling or tulle.

Bundle the feathers and wrap the wire ends with button thread or fine bead wire. The long feathers would make the headgear apt for Mardi Gras. Some feathers might have a thick vane so you need to soften it.