Since I
- don’t have the need to spend money on a Eurasian Jay skin
- didn’t feel like driving 10 miles to find some Rit dyes in the proper colors
- ran out of guinea feathers (which would work well, too)
- had a few minutes between coats of paint on some kitchen cabinet doors
I grabbed some well-marked feathers off a Mearns quail skin, broke out the Koolaid Ice Blue Raspberry (2 packs in 1 cup of water) and had at it. Color was a bit too light (more of a kingfisher blue) so I added 1/4 tsp of blue food coloring and cooked it 1 minute in the microwave
I can live with this.
Regards,
Scott