Feather Headbands
In-house crafter Hosanna Houser and Martha embellish basic headbands with beautiful feathers for a one-of-a-kind accessory.
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Feather Headbands
In-house crafter Hosanna Houser and Martha embellish basic headbands with...
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The Martha Stewart Show, May 2009
Adorn basic headbands with beautiful feathers for a one-of-a-kind accessory.
Tools and Materials
Scissors
Fabri-Tac fabric glue
Scrap of ribbon
Needle and thread
Button
Plain headband
Clothespin
Hot-glue gun and hot-glue sticks
Feather pad (hackle) or selection of feathers to create one
Nonstick surface, such as a hot-glue mat or leftover label-backing paper
Fashion Headband How-To
To make a feather pad (hackle)
1. Select nice-looking feathers. Snip excess fuzz from around quill with sharp scissors.
2. Place a small dab of Fabri-Tac onto a nonstick surface. Arrange feathers with quills meeting in the dab of glue. Let dry for one hour. Peel feathers from nonstick surface.
To create a ribbon flower
1. Sew a running stitch on one side of ribbon with a needle and thread.
2. Pull thread while sliding ribbon down to create flower.
3. Hot glue button to center of ribbon flower.
To Assemble Headband
1. Look in mirror with headband on to determine placement of feathers. Mount feather pad to headband with Fabri-Tac or hot glue, and secure with clothespin until dry.
2. Add ribbon flower at base of feather hackle with hot glue and secure with a clothespin until dry.
Resources
All tools and materials available at most crafts stores.
these are really very easy to make , just get two or three feather pads and you pull off the feathers and place them on your own and you can ever put them on bobby pins or other hair clips the possibilities are endless just do it and you will have some trendy hair goodies that they are charging upwards to 40 to 100 bucks for and you can make them for about 2.00 each ,
bummer. now i have to create something new to make. either that or just get more creative than martha. haha i've been making headbands like this for a year now. and i wear them ALL the time. they are definitely not hard to wear. you can wear them with practically any outfit. they make jeans and tshirt less boring. but then again, i am in my 20s so i guess i can probably pull off crazy fashions like this.
i do belive that someone has been poking around at etsy.com - at any rate i do like these and believe they call these fascinators.
I happen to love these headbands!
I think they're cute, but it might be hard to wear and not look like a flapper. Some people could pull it off really nicely, not sure if i could...
Just what everyone needs!
You've got to be kidding...these look like a costume from the roaring 20's!
For an amazing selection of feathers and unique feather pads, check out:
WWW.BOCAGENEWYORK.COM in the Trimmings section. Also, don't forget the Fabri-Tac, headband and ribbon also available at Bocage!
For an amazing selection of feathers and unique feather pads, check out:
WWW.BOCAGENEWYORK.COM in the Trimmings section. Also, don't forget the Fabri-Tac, headband and ribbon also available at Bocage!
The feathers are important to this craft of the day. Can you list sources you purchased feathers from?