Congrats on your new yellowboy, I hope you enjoy it.
I see you are just getting started on wrapping the quills of your eagle feathers.
A lot of folks these days follow powow methods as seen on CrazyCrow and Prarie's Edge.
If you want to use a more traditional method and can't find an elder who can teach you, check out
http://www.nativetech.org/feather/wrap/fethwrap.html While it costs more I like to use wool tradecloth rather than "felt" , and cotton or wool thread,
but I use artificial sinew on my imitation turkey and peahen feathers .
I myself am an "anglo mutt" but I am lucky to have spent some time up on the Rosebud amongst the People; and we have some great elders in the Pueblos & Zuni Reservations of New Mexico who are more than willing to pass along anything they can.
Aho Mitakuye Oyasin
prof marvel