Macrame Feathers

DIY Tutorial

These feathers look so cool and take no time at all to complete once you get the hang of it. You can use them as a single decor
piece! So cool in a minimalist way. Or, string them from a funky stick in your yard to make a boho wall hanging! Very earthy.
These are just really fun to make as well.

THINGS YOU’LL NEED

 Macrame Cord (4mm)

 Sharp Scissors

 Brush or comb

 Tape Measure

 Stiffening Spray (optional)

First, we’re gonna cut our cords. Keep your cords organized and separated by length.

Cut list of cords

31 total cords (or cords depending on your macrame leaf size.

 Spine cord 1 X 24″ inch (60 cm) piece (or length double the
length of the feather you want)

 Base area cords10 X 12″ inch (30 cm) pieces (or length of cord
equal to the breadth of the feather you want)

 Middle area cords10 X10″ (25 cm) pieces, (or length of cord
equal to breadth of the feather you want)

 Top area cords10 X 8″ (20 cm)pieces (or length of cord equal to the breadth of the feather you want)
You can also cut the other size if you plan to make feathers of different size, but please note most of the feathers are slightly
wider at the base and gets skinnier toward the top. So we start with the longest cords first, then go to our medium-sized cords
and finally end with the smallest cords. Here’s how you Make Feathers …Here is a full picture tutorial for you. All you need to do
is follow these steps.

First, take your longest cord and fold take one of your longest base area Take another one of your longest
it in half. This is the 24″ piece. This cords and fold it in half. Place it cords base area cord and fold it in
long piece is the “spine” of our perpendicular under the spine of half. Pull the loop part through the
feather. your feather to the right as shown in loop of the first cord you laid down
picture above. (not the spine). Pull it through over
the spine part of your feather.
Take the ends of the first cord and Now pull the cords tight! Yay! You Now we are going to repeat Steps
pull them through the loop of the made your first knot on the spine. 1-4, but we are going to switch sides.
second cord. I hope this is making So take another one of the longest
sense! You should have something cords and fold in half. Place your
that looks like picture. loop on the left side (instead of the
right) as shown in picture

Now take another cord, fold in half, Pull each cord tight and keep You should have something that
and loop it through the loop on the alternating sides – right, left, right, looks like picture
left. Pull the ends up and through left, etc. Once you use up all your
this loop. Look at picture for longest cords, switch to your
reference medium cords, following this same
process. Then switch to your
smallest cords.
Once you use up all your cords, you You might have to brush pretty hard After you brush it all out, take
will brush them out with your wire to get these nice strands! Flip your your scissors and trim up your
brush or comb to create the strands. feather over and brush both sides to feather.
Hold the spine at the same time so ensure all the cords all brushed out.
you don’t accidentally pull off any
knots.
Spray your feather with stiffening Glue down your feathers to a piece To make a wall hanging as I
spray to stiffen up the feather so it of hard paper, foam board or mentioned earlier, all you need to do
lays flat when it’s hanging. heavy cardstock to make it stay flat. is grab a dowel or stick and attach
the stiffened feathers. A wall hanging
won’t work without stiffening them
up though, the feathers will be too
floppy.

Hint:
 If you want the leafs to be hung like in the picture cut the spine cord double the length of the feather and string
included.
 You can also steam iron the feather before hanging on the wall to give them smooth finishing.