Leather flower jewelry can be used anywhere. This is a nice brooch on the bag and a pendant. You can also decorate your clothes with such a flower: jeans, coats. It will look pretty cute and original. It is important to make such a flower neatly and beautifully. What we are going to do now. Take out old, unnecessary leather items from the closet that you were sorry to throw away. Today we will give them a second life. Everything is useful to us: leather bags, jackets, old worn gloves and even tops of boots.
Instructions
Step 1
Prepare the material (leather items). It's okay if you only have black color, because the skin can be easily dyed. Let's start painting the skin.
Step 2
Get colored hairspray, spray paint for your shoes, or get aniline dyes. The first two methods of coloring the leather are the simplest, spray or varnish on the leather and let it dry. Aniline dyes are a little more complicated. Read the instructions for use carefully. If you are not looking for easy ways, 3 step is for you.
Step 3
Take one packet of dye and dilute it by 0.3 liters. boiling water. Dip the moistened and smoothed skin into the solution at a temperature of 50 ° C. And leave the skin until the solution cools. Avoid kinking the skin, otherwise you will end up with "boiled water." Now that the skin has taken on the long-awaited color, let's get down to making the colors themselves.
Step 4
Draw circles of different diameters on the skin with a compass. Cut them out with a knife or zigzag scissors. Thread the thread through the center of all the circles, connecting them this way. The center of the flower can be decorated with a bead or a beautiful button.
Step 5
The flower model can be complicated by making petals of various shapes and lengths. You can also connect the parts together with threads or glue “Moment, it is best suited for working with leather.
Step 6
Decorate your flower with piping. To make it, prepare a thin long strip. Roll it into a tube, while gluing it at the same time. This decoration will look good in the middle of the flower. Also, the edging can be run along the edge of the flower, attaching it in such a way that the edge of the cut is not visible.
Step 7
Wipe the made flower with a solution of oxalic acid (1 teaspoon for 0.5 liters of water). The solution will help wipe off greasy fingerprints on your skin. Use a simple shoe polish or petroleum jelly to polish the petals of your flower. Shiny, as if lacquered, it will look very beautiful.
Get creative with flowers. Good luck!
