I sometimes am able to piercing the 'stem' sufficiently to sew them on. When this fails, I encase the 'stem' in a very tight binding of leather or felt and then sew it to the hat.
Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 11:08 AM Subject: [h-cost] attaching feathers to a hat > I'm curious, those of you who make or wear hats... how do you keep the > feathers on? I've got two purchased hats and it seems the feathers are > always sliding out of the hatband, especially when it's windy (which it > is constantly here in the midwest). The quill part seems to be so thick > that the pressure of the hatband itself isn't enough to hold it, moreso > when there's more than one. > > Is it possible to use pins? I can't see pins going through the thickness > of these two hats, or the feathers (without splitting them). Safety > pinning to the band is just ugly. > > > > Dawn > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
