Grandma's Feather Flowers................Really?

Back in the day when every day life included lots of feathers (chicken for dinner), our great-grandmothers (who were just as "crafty" as we are today) used some of those feathers as decoration.

These feather flowers were in my dear friend, Janet McKinnon's guest bedroom and they were so lovely and so different to my eyes.

It was back in 1873 that a craft book of instructions (of the day, remember) came out showing how to make feather flowers. 

Any feather flowers among your family heirlooms???