Leather is a great material not only for furniture, clothing or accessories. A leather rug will look great in a modern interior. How it is made depends on what your product is intended for. The hallway needs a hard, small rug. You can hang a luxurious leather panel on the wall in the living room.
It is necessary
- - skin trimming;
- - wire mesh;
- - braid or corsage tape;
- - burlap or bead;
- - sewing accessories;
- - a boot knife.
Instructions
Step 1
The rug can be woven. This requires large enough pieces of leather. Cut each into ribbons 0.5-1 cm wide. Since the strips are located approximately the same as the warp and weft of the fabric, the length of some should correspond to the length of the rug, and the length of others - its width. If you want a fringed rug, make the stitches longer. Cutting is most convenient on a regular cutting board with a boot knife. It is very convenient to do this using a metal ruler. Make the markings on the back. If the stripes are not quite even, that's okay. They can be stretched, and the irregularities will become invisible.
Step 2
Pull the string between two studs hammered into a suitable surface. Pin the strips to the braid so that they touch each other with their long sides. Leather straps should be placed close to each other, if possible without gaps.
Step 3
Determine where you will have the odd and even stripes. Some will be on top of the lash, others on the bottom. Place a little leather glue on the front sides of those on top. It is better if there are odd stripes in the first row. The droplets of glue should be evenly spaced from the tape.
Step 4
Weave the first duck strip. Mark the length of the fringe on it. Press this point against the greased first strip. Pass the lash along the second ribbon, then over the third (also greased with glue), and so on, until the end of the row. The rest of the stitches can only be glued to the first and last tape of the "base". Glue the last stitch to all odd or even stripes. Instead of glue, you can use threads that match the color.
Step 5
Let the rug dry and remove from the tape. Trim the fringe with a ruler.
Step 6
A rug made on a plastic or wire mesh looks interesting. The cells should be medium in size. In small ones, you simply cannot drag a strip of leather, and a too coarse mesh will be very noticeable. The best option is 1x1 cm or so. You can buy a net, for example, at a grocery store that sells materials for making cages for rabbits and other animals.
Step 7
Cut a base from the mesh to match the size of the rug. Cut the leather into equal strips 0.5-0.7 cm wide and 15-20 cm long. Multi-colored remnants of the material are suitable for such a leather rug.
Step 8
Tie the strips to the mesh knots. Better to do this with a double knot. You will end up with a hard rug that looks equally good on both sides. You can tie the strips in any order, but some simple pattern is also fine.
Step 9
For a leather panel, cut out a piece of the border that is suitable in shape and size. Overlock the edges, or fold them twice and hem. You can also sheathe the base with a double-folded wide braid or tape, inserting the bead cuts into it.
Step 10
Find a suitable picture. It should be such that it can be folded from fragments, that is, large parts are preferable. Enlarge the drawing so that it can be transferred to the sideboard. The pattern should be solid, since the background of the rug is also made of leather. Transfer the drawing to graph paper or an unnecessary piece of wallpaper, and then to the border. This can be done through carbon paper or by spraying. Make punctures along all the contours at a distance of 0.5 cm from each other, pin the sheet with the pattern on the border and transfer the pattern using grated chalk or a pencil. It is convenient to do this with a soft brush.
Step 11
Cut out all the elements of the pattern and circle them on the matching pieces of leather. At this stage, a lot depends on the technology. If you are going to adjust parts with an overlap, leave small allowances along all the contours. Determine which element you will start with. Cut out this fragment without allowances. Parts can also be glued or zig-zagged together. In this case, they must be exactly the same size as in the picture.
Step 12
Stick on the pattern elements, precisely aligning the contours with the lines of the design. It is most convenient to start from one of the corners. If you decide to sew on elements with an overlap or "zigzag", sew the first fragment with a regular, not very large stitch. Attach the rest of the elements taking into account the allowances.
Step 13
The edges of this carpet can be trimmed with leather fringe. Cut 4 strips of leather. Their length is equal to the sides of the rug, and the width can be from 2 to 10 cm. If you are going to broadcast your creation to the wall, make the fringe shorter. Mark stripes along the long edges. They need to be cut, leaving 1-2 cm on one of the long sides. It is better to glue the fringe to the seamy side of the carpet. But if your machine takes a seam of this thickness, then you can trim and sew with threads that match the color.
