Originally Posted by SuzzeQ4

Wing fans are beautiful, I say use it.

Eagle Plumes: To make it go with different outfits, cut 2 pieces of hide (one for each side), punch holes & cut lacing to lace it to the handle, bead the pieces. Then you can make another (or how ever many you want) & unlace it to take off & but the next one on, this way you could switch back & forth fairly easily. The lacing would have to be small & well spaced to lace the top of the handle between the feathers, or you could make the top like a draw string & pull it snug around the top. Never tried this the idea just came to me when I read your post. Also to peyote stitch iregular shapes just drop & add beads as needed on the sides (both sides not just one), I found it tricky at first but picked it up quickly first time I did it.
Suzze