Saturday, October 27, 2007

cripple creek ferry

this morning i woke up with feathers in my bed, bright green ones. they were tucked in my hair but i forgot to untuck them before crawling into bed with margo.

Bunny Update: she is fat!!! her tail is getting fluffier, also.

1. Strip away lower part of feather
2. Strip away one side of feather
3. Strip half of feather and curl to one side
4. Strip half of feather and bind into a loop
5. Curl feather by pulling over a blunt knife
6. Curl edges by pulling over a blunt knife
7. Curl feather by squeezing over a blunt knife
8. Trim tip of feather with sharp scissors
9. Trip tip and strip away lower part of feather
10. Make zig zag edge by cutting diagonally upwards

(Dyed feathers are not colorfast)

--How to Shape Feathers (fyi)

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