Now about that fan ...

Indeed. The very same.

While I've been working on the embroideries, the yellow dhoti, the diaphanous chaddar/dhoti this item hasn't been far from my mind.

I'm somewhat concerned about the overall combination of patterned garb and accessories. Especially using mainly black and red as a colour combination to tone in with the Horde Household. Nevertheless, time to start the ground work here too.

My biggest concern aside from the design and the vibrant colour combination is the much more practical issue of how to work the peacock feathers into the supports for the fan. Originally I'd planned to glue the feathers along the edge.

The only problem with this idea is the fact that the excess fabric needs to be turned over the support and glued in place it's self. What I've come up with is a very lightweight strut, fractionally smaller than the fan to which I can glue the feathers on either side so that they match up back to back.

When I've done that and it's had several months to dry out, while I'll be working the outer decorated fabric, the strut will be slid between the fabric and card supports. The whole glued together in the middle and the outside edges of the fan sewn closed with a combo formula of back-stitch and hidden slide stitches zig zagging around.