Originally Posted by musicedu77

Usually 5 rows of jingles is pretty good...i would say anywhere from 5-7..it all depends on how much weight you can carry cuz you will be dancing in this dress...

the fan...well this all depends..if you got your tribal papers i would say an eagle fan but when you get eagle feathers make sure they are card carried as well otherwise you get in a load of trouble with the law..
if you go into canada i think they dont have a law about this but when you come back its a different ball game so carry your card/paper.

if you dont have any papers, then you can always use like white turkey for flat fans and do some thread work on it and then bead the fan handle...that would look pretty...if your using wing you can buy on nocbay.com full set of dark turkey pointers and i think they have it on the bone still but you can buy some really nice fan handle blanks from places like wanderingbull.com or see on ebay about anyone selling blanks..

if you go to the general arts and crafts section area look for thread on fan construction as they will give you tips and pointers on how to make a fan.

with the hair feather, you could wait until someone gives you one or if you are card carried you can find eagle plumes by places like the zoo cuz birds are always molting so you could at least find a plume that way... or ask the card carried vendor who you would get your eagle feathers from if you can buy plumes off of him

with positon the drop i was told it is hanged closest to your heart but then again that goes with what you are told...each tribe has different ways of how stuff goes..
how to construct one using eagle plumes i'll post again in a few hang on