End Rings were hand measured acrose the upper so that they could slide over the bulge of the upper, but not the lower bulge. The feather boa was wrapped directly and held. I had ready some hemp beading/shellcraft twine. Once it was tied securely, the boa remainder was cut loose.

Bead Strands

I thought I had ought to reinforce the entire length of the mardis gras beads but in the end, only reinforced from the last 3 sections. First, I cut the beads into lengths of 13 beads.
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I knotted the red hemp twine around the third space, then half hitched between the next two joints (just turn the loop upside down and tighten it over itself in a half hitch knot). I selected gold colored beads, matching the gold foil spangles in the red feather boa.

The Previous Step
Pyrograhy (step 4)

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