Quick question..

[amethyst73]

Anyone out there ever tried to attach feathers to felt?  I have been handed a tube of white glue with which to affix brightly colored feathers to a big piece of bright green felt, but am quite skeptical.  I'm currently thinking that (tedious though it will be) hand-sewing them on will probably be a more stable solution.

Comments

[nezumiko.livejournal.com]

If this felt is going to have to then bend or flex, I think you'll be better off with sewing, but there are some hot glues that are formulated for gluing things to felt that might work. Do the feathers have to be free at their feathery ends and just attached at the quill ends? Then sew or maybe the hotglue. If you can actually use the feathery bodies themselves you might be able to get away with the white glue.

For what, pray tell, is this glue and feathering project?

[amethyst73.livejournal.com]

Since I'm going to be wearing the felt afterwards (in the form of a cape sort of thing), then yeah, I'd say the feathers will have to flex. The whole affair is going to look much cooler if at least some of the feathery ends are free. That said, it's not absolutely necessary for them to be free. Hmm, maybe I can beg a small extra piece of felt for trials of different things tomorrow evening.

As to what it's for... come to the recital. ;) Saturday May 10, 12:30 PM at my voice teacher's house, which address I'll happily provide.

[emilymorgan.livejournal.com]

I agree with your instinct about it, though I haven't tried. And you should post pictures. :)