Getting on

I have finished quilting the other pieces to my feathers!
But of course I forgot to photograph them.
The next step was to decide what to do with all the edges!
I have decided to bead them and so I needed to seal them

Here I am painting the contour cut edges with white glue.

I did both sides.  You can see here that I have not put any backing fabric on.  This is just one of my little foibles.  I always leave the backing off, and add it it after I have finished handstitching to cover up my threads.

Here are my pieces hanging up to dry.

And the dried pieces arranged as they will be in the finished piece.

And here I am beading the edge of the centre piece.  I hope I will finish the beading in time!  Also, notice I am using a mix of beads.  I did not have enough of any particular colour to do the whole edge, so I have chosen a range of colours that are in the fabric.