Thread: Time to start in on my costume! (Way picture heavy!)

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I gotta vote for feather in the front also, and i think the gold band around the hat is a good idea also.

I noticed that on your "sample" picture of the hat, the feather is cut down so that it is thicker on the bottom and tapers up. If you cut a few inches off the bottom of your feather and put it in front, it will mimic the sample better.

Thanks for the advice chartrusechaos. Right now I'm trying to figure out if I can even use the feather I have.

I NEED EVERYONE'S OPINION!!

I took some photos of the hat with the feather being red and with the ornamentation on it:

(ignore the tape, it is just for temporary holding purposes.)

What do you think of the feather? Did the dying process ruin it? Or do you like the look?

Thanks for your time!

I think the feather looks fine.

The feather doesnt look bad at all.

It's been a while since I started this post. I put my costume on hold to make my husband's. His has kinda taken over my life. I didn't realize how hard it would be!
But my costume has to be ready by Halloween too so I've resumed work on it as well. Today I did a test run of my hair. I was also able to purchase a feather that was already red and it looks a thousand times better.
Here is a photo of the hair test-run. The new feather is not attached to the hat and the ornament is not on either, but it gives you an idea. (please excuse the tired, makeup-free morning face!)

By the way, it has been decided, thanks to Addicted2Boo, that the feather will be in the front, at an angle. I love how it looked on her hat in this post:
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Thanks again for the inspiration Boo!

I like it, it looks really cute like that. I'm excited to see how the rest of your costume is coming along!

definately feather in front. the little hat alone just gets lost