My quest to find the BEST Macrame Feather Stiffener 🪶(and what you should AVOID)

[@marybrehler357]

This is the best Crystal. Your video is so entertaining and yes Elmers is the winner. Thank you great demo!

[@brianmaytum8519]

Elmer's glue??? Genius 😂❤ thanks Crystal

[@MyMumTheDreamer]

I haven’t tried the watered-down glue before! Nice idea 💡 I’ve tried the cornstarch & the fabric starch…I found the cornstarch method better with less cornstarch/more water as it wasn’t quite so stiff. The fabric starch is my favourite, but I brush the fibres into place after spraying & then iron it front & back so the feather is really straight, while still soft and “feathery” Also I noticed your hairspray was called “Aussie” with a kangaroo…I live in Australia & have never seen that hairspray before lol 😂

[@MarchingNorth]

lol yeah Aussie is a pretty popular hair care brand here in the States! I’m not sure what’s so “Aussie” about it besides that they slapped a kangaroo on there 😂- That’s interesting about the spray starch though and good to know. So you DO need to iron it… if I find an unscented one I’ll try that and do it the way you said! And the glue worked very well, but it does make it a bit unbrushable. It was sure satisfying to trim though! 😊

[@christines1924]

Good analysis!!! Thank you for all the experimental time put into this

[@carollink5509]

I've used glue and water for crochet so I'm going to try it for macrame. We always used 50-50 ratio and it worked well.

[@susan3416]

I love this! I have used hairspray, mega hold, unscented, but still got a lot of the curling. It has to be recombed and resprayed. I will definitely try the Elmer's glue! Thank you!!! Love your posts.

[@lynnhuxtable5875]

This was really helpful to a newbie. I’ve used the Stiffen Quik and got frustrated by the curling. It’ll be Elmer’s glue for my next feather! Thanks!

[@teresahouston1576]

Thank you so much have saved me trying different stiffeners ❤

[@kathrynbates4274]

New to this craft. Thank you for the tips

[@joslo9291]

I did starch once & placed a tea towel over & ironed it on low, worked ok but hairspray easier

[@shawnminarik4936]

Great video, I saw a video on corn starch and she added a half cup of water to it after it cooled and put it in a spray bottle. Maybe that would work better?

[@juliedembowski9039]

I would like to see how they all do after being trimmed. I’ve used stiffen up and spray starch. Stiffen up worked better for me

[@JuneRoberts-k6m]

I use the glue method. I've always had good results.

[@TinyTitan50]

I’ve done the hairspray and the glue… I prefer the glue

[@gw2686]

The spray starch only works if you put heat on it after applying. So if you iron your feather right after spraying it you would have a entire different result.

[@JescoWhiteLightning]

❤

[@TerryKobolowski217-cx7ek]

Awesome 👏 is that iron chef?

[@MarchingNorth]

Yes.

[@suzannekeffer]

We always used Aquanet hairspray in high school art class to protect our projects. It's cheap and definitely something you really wouldn't want to use on your hair. The downside? I don't know if it's still available anymore or not😢

[@marymathew9738]

Glue 1:1

[@2020patr]

There's a product called stiffy have you tried that, and how about mod poge?

[@MarchingNorth]

I almost included Mod Podge in this video but I felt like I had too many contenders, lol. I may follow up and test that out as well. I haven't heard of stiffy, but I'll have to look it up, thank you!

[@lindaesquibel9307]

Could you put the glue n water in a spray bottle?

[@nikp9215]

HOW MUCH GLUE and WATER???

[@tuxforever4209]

😂😂👏👏👏❤❤❤