Peacock Costume

Supplies needed for peacock skirt:

50-100 peacock feathers
1.5 yards blue chiffon fabric
.5 yards blue velvet fabric
needle & blue thread
thin blueish ribbon 
2 buttons
sewing machine


I have a friend who has peacocks on her farm.  She has tons of feathers because the peacocks just drop them all over the place.  I was able to get a large quantity of feathers from her for this project.  If you don't have a friend with peacocks on their farm, this project might be really expensive to make (I saw feathers for $1.99 ea. at the craft store).

Once you acquire a large amount of feathers, organize feathers into piles by length.

Hem the edges of your blue sheer fabric.

Step 1 Sew Feathers onto Fabric

Start with your longest feathers first.  Lay all of the longest feathers out evenly on the sheer blue fabric. (with the rough edge of the hem facing up.  the feathers will cover it)

Then begin stitching each feather on.  3-4 loops around the stem, 3-4 times along the length of the stem.  Continue stitching all of the largest feathers onto your fabric.


This is a very time consuming step, but it is important that your feathers are well secured so don't slack!  Once you get the first layer of feathers stitched, the following layers of feathers will go much more quickly because your fabric doesn't slide around so much.

Comments

[paravou]

LOL love it I have too many of these to make this project one is currently taking up my lap and making it hard to type.