For a long time our ancestors used feathers and feathers for the manufacture of useful products in everyday life. Domestic chickens, turkeys and geese and today give us the opportunity to make a variety of crafts from bird feathers with our own hands: soft cushions, warm feather beds, decorations for hats, toys, unusual souvenirs.
Material preparation
Before you make a feather of feathers, they must be collected and properly cleaned, because they can be dirty. In addition, the feathers of the feathers are covered with fat, which should be removed. To do this, they are tied to a stick with a feather down and lowered into a boiling solution of water, soda and soap. In an hour the feathers will be clean. It remains to thoroughly wash them and dry them. If the feathers are small, then they can be washed in bulk.
Feathers of birds can be painted in various colors with the help of aniline paints or tsapon-varnish. Large feathers can be painted with paints intended for tinting silk. Do you want to bleach colored feathers? Degrease them, lower for a day in a 3% solution of hydrogen peroxide, then double-refresh the solution. After three days the feathers will be snow-white.
To make the feathers of the feathers retain their original appearance for a longer time, it is worth covering their tsapon-varnish with a spray gun. After drying, they will be ready to work.
Hair ornament
Of feathers, you can do anything, but a variety of jewelry from this natural material look great. Light, airy, elegant comb for hair can be done in an hour.
We will need:
- three feathers of the same size with cut ends;
- one white fluffy feather;
- crest;
- pin;
- satin ribbon;
- scissors;
- needle;
- glue gun;
- flower.
- From the organza tape, make a small fan. At the bottom, fasten it with a thread.
- Pivot the pin in half so that one end is higher than the other.
- On a rectangle of felt or felt, lay feathers and a fan of organza. Add a bent pin and decorative flower. Fasten the elements with an adhesive gun.
- Scallop wrap the satin ribbon and attach the decoration with feathers. On this master class on creating unusual colors from feathers is completed!
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Application
Excellent applications are obtained from feathers, painted in different colors. If you have a desire with your own hands to make a beautiful picture of feathers, enough glue, cardboard and, in fact, the feathers themselves.
Cut out the shape of a bird from cardboard. Starting with the tail, cover it with feathers. Effectively look handicrafts, which combine feathers of different colors. Do not forget to make a crest from small feathers, and attach a ready-made hand-made article to a sheet of cardboard or a dense fabric. Such a picture of feathers will perfectly decorate the nursery.
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Interesting ideas
From feathers, you can create a variety of crafts-knickknacks, which will be an excellent addition to the interior of the house. Yes, and useful in the household gizmos made from feathers, do not interfere.
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Helpful Tips
When working with feathers, do not forget that this material is very cranky. Incorrectly pressed the pen - get an ugly hall, carelessly handle the glue - gentle feathers will turn into a stuck together and dirty lump.
Decorate feathers from feathers can only be light elements, since even a small weight, for example, beads, can lead to the fact that feathers will sag or even completely fall away. It is better for these purposes to use sequins, sequins or small ribbons from ribbons. Feathers are a material, although natural, but referring to strong allergens. Be extremely careful, so that fascinating needlework does not harm your health!