That was errr... fast

[green_martha]

Thanks for your suggestions on the feathery front !
The feathers were here by noon. I suppose they when they say "we're processing your order", they actually mean "order sent". They are... mostly okay. One white feather was seriously damaged - I snipped of the part that looked nice and put it onto the Regency hat. The black feathers are a bit limpier than the rest and one of them has some light damage about 10cm from the tip - I might just cut if off and use the remaining 40cm. The red and orange feathers are great... it's just too bad that lady_darkstone won't be using the red ones this year...

The Regency hat is now done, so I can cross one outfit from my list and consider I have well deserved my 12-5 entry - two items finished already, the chemisette and the hat, and there's more to come !

I also started patterning the florentine. It's going to be a quick and dirty one ! I think I have a very-not-period solution for getting the right shape, and if it fails, I shall live with wrinkles. With only two weeks between Vaux and the ball, there's just not enough time for a corded corset. Oh, and I already owe an enormous thank you to both the Realm of venus and jenthompson.

Comments

[chartreusekitty.livejournal.com]

Did you try steaming the feathers? (If they are not curled, that is). Sometimes that can bring life back to them. You can also use the back of a dinner knife on them, as if you are curling some curling ribbon, and do it lightly. That can add some life too.

Pictures, please???

[green-martha.livejournal.com]

One was partly broken, and I just cut off the intact piece and placed it onto my regency hat, and another had a whole line accross the feather where is was just... thinner. Nothing steaming might have changed, but I'll keep that in mind for another time.
The feathers were (dirt) cheap, so I'm willing to accept two less-than-perfect ones among them.