Well, I decided to try making angel wings from white craft foam. I thought quilted fabric wings would look too "cloth-dollish", and not enough like real feather wings, so decided to give the craft foam a try. I drew a bird's wing, broke it down into four levels of feathers, and made cardboard templates for tracing onto the foam. The craft foam was very easy to work with, and took colour from pencil crayons and paint beautifully.  I cut a strip of felt with my scalloping shears to cover the top edges of the foam, then totally smeared the felt with sparkle paint so it wouldn't get fuzzy or fray. I thought the wing turned out very well. 
Now to make another just like it. . .  then three more sets.