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* I cut off the knots on the ends of the boas …but I try to avoid cutting them anywhere else because the feathers will start to unravel.
* I did this first to a dress years ago and left the feathers a bit fluffier.
* Feather boas make a great base because they are already all stitched together and they are relatively inexpensive {if you buy them at your fabric store} These were $11.99 each and the thinner ones are about $7.99 …but choose wisely 😉 Also note the super large boas, will not work.
* You could buy a bag of feathers and hand-stitch each one on separately but it would not be as secure and would take about 3 days straight.
* If you find a dress you want to feather, floor-length would work well too …but you’ll need many more and will most likely just stitch straight on from top to bottom. Try on your dress and while the dress is on, pin your feathers in place …just around the top, where you want them to start. If you’re planning a higher waist, it would probably look better belted, so begin your feathers directly below where the belt would sit.
* Ostrich feather boas would be the best …but they are not budget friendly.
* note: I did not leave the peacock feathers in mine. I liked it better without.
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Oh, good lord this makes me miss dressing up and wearing heels and cute outfits and such…sigh…
That being said, I’d totally love to rock this skirt, but I’d be ridiculed outta W-ville. People don’t tend to be as open minded around here as they do in the city, or out by you. But I would LOVE to wear that, I got a thing about feathers…. 🙂
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Love it, love it, love it! Doing this ASAP and I have the perfect skirt!
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Gorgeous! I’m planning on doing this to an old purse I found a couple weeks ago. Thanks for the tips!
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Your creativity kills me! I know it must be very amusing for your husband to see you create….I know my husband giggles at first whenever I try to recreate your DIYs and then he’s just simply amazed at how crafty your ideas turn out.
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Whoa…I love this so much! Like so, so much! I was trying to think of some place I could wear this in the next week and I guess I’ll just have to go as YOU for Halloween. 😉 That or REALLY dress to the nines for my knitting club. =) Thanks so much, you’re a rockstar.
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Ok, I just spent hrs on your blog, and WOW. I love it! Maybe when I finish having all these babies, I can wear one of those. You are so creative, and very stunning!
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Great!!!
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Best DIY ever! Thank you, thank you. Finally I can use my old feather boas for something. 🙂
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Oh my goodness!! Using boa’s is a FAB idea!! Thanks for the DIY!!
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Maegan!!! This is brilliance itself! It is so simple, I had no idea! I will definitely be giving this a go!! <3
Thanks SO much for posting it!
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OMG how super creative, I’m really impressed, when I saw feathers, I though to myself, oh gosh thats would take forever, the boas are great!!
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Thanks Maegan for doing the DIY for me i really appericate it. Love it.
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Look how sassy you are! The kids would pluck me clean if I wore that skirt here, but I wish!!
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Mother Plucker!…you are an ultra talent.
One of my favorite visits is to the feather store downtown. Thanks for the reminder. I had dark purple feather sleeves when I made my fashion-design-fantasy-final transform into my reality-French-floozy-prom-dress! ;P
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THANK YOU!!! I’m going to buy feathers this weekend it’s DIY Maegan skirt :))
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This is AH-mazing, Maegan! I love how you styled it in the post below too! Now if you could DIY my Lady Gaga Halloween costume- that would be awesome! 😉
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GENIUS!!! BEAUTIFUL and GENIUS! 🙂
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Wow it is fantastic, I want to make one myself 🙂
Can you use a elastic (jersey) skirt? -what fabric would you recommend?
Why does it need to be stiched in a zig-zag pattern?
-and how do you know this? ;o)
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Oh I forgot to ask, how did the feathers get fluffier on the dress?
And why would ostrich feather boas be the best?
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I just can’t wrap my head around how creative you are! I’m definitely going to try this. It’s so simple, so gorgeous and so unique! Love your blog, Maegan!
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Absolutely stunning, darling!
Another amazing tutorial!
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thanks for your comment so much, yeah braces suck, i have a lisp 🙁
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thanks for your comment so much, yeah braces suck, i have a lisp 🙁
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I just found your blog and I was delighted to see this kind of sewing lesson you offer! I love sewing! the skirt is awesome..you look great! maybe I attempt to do it!
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OMG! Talk about ingenious! Hmm! I’m totally using this one. THANKS!
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They’d prolly use me as a goose decoy!
Lucky you live in Cali… : )
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Maegan, your creativity continues to amaze and inspire me! Thank you sooo much for sharing your DIY’s!!!!
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I think I’m going to have to recruit my Mom for this one. Ah ha
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This inspired me to change up my halloween costume…Now I am going as a sexy stylish peacock! And I’ll be able to wear it on nights other than halloween!
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How cool! I have working on a DIY feather clutch I need ot finish and post.
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Maegan that is so awesome! Thank you for posting the step by step how to-it inspired another creation entirely and I sooo appreciate that! What a fantastic idea and such a cute end result-truly-thank you for sharing!
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Do you think this technique would work as a band around the bottom of a dress, or coat and sleeves?
I am too hippy to wear this beautiful skirt.
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I was actually browsing to find a t-shirt DIY but I love the skirt and it looks so easy I think I will try it for a concert I am going to this weekend!
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This just gave me a great idea….Make a tie-on version with ribbon to transform your dress into something fabulous, but can be taken off so the dress can still be worn plain. So either attach strips of feather boa to the ribbon or use a base fabric to sew them onto and attach to a ribbon “belt” to tie it on.
When I get my hands on some feather boas, I am so doing this.
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