Print out the sticker on a page size printable sticker. Cut the stickers out but do not take the backing paper off. There are two types of stickers on the sheet, the leaf stickers and the triangle spike shapes. The two types are used differently on different types of feathers.

  1. The leaf sticks are for non ostrich feathers like pheasant or goose and are stuck directly to the feather.
  2. The spike stickers are used with ostrich and they are stuck to a cutting mat and the feather is tapped over the mat and cut with a rotary cutter and straight edge.

Ostrich on a mat

How to cut ostrich drabs with a rotary cutter is explained very well in this article,


Cutting leaf shapes with stickers