DIY leather applications

Today, many fashionistas are trying to decorate their favorite outfits and shoes with handmade accessories. Accessories can be completely different - from paper, polymer clay, fabric and even natural flowers. Recently, it has become fashionable to make leather applications with your own hands. They look very beautiful and stylish on coats and dresses, and can complement any simple look. In this article you will find some interesting ideas for such a decor to make it yourself.

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Applications on things

Appliques for clothes with their own hands are quite simple to perform. The main thing is to choose the right material. Now rhinestones and leather are very popular, as it is very easy to work with them. If you have never tried to do this yourself before, then you can use the kids. They are very fond of various creative experiments, and are also full of fresh and creative ideas.

Important! Schemes and stencils for applications can be purchased at any fabric and accessories store. If you decide to start small, use paper as a rough draft.

To work with paper, you will need the following tools:

• Stencil - with it, it will be much easier for you to cope with the drawing.
• Scissors - will help evenly cut off unnecessary parts of the future accessory.
• Paints, wax crayons or pencils - will create a bright and vivid picture.
• Glue - will connect all parts of the application and complete the work done.

If the draft was completed successfully, you can proceed to a more complex process - working with the skin. Appliques on clothes made of leather with their own hands look very fashionable and unusual.

To create leather embroidery, you will need:

• Scissors or a paint knife.
• Pieces of leather.
• Thread with a needle.
• The thing you want to decorate.

Using all these materials, you can create new unique clothes. The main thing is to observe safety precautions and be careful when working with the skin.

Fried leather appliqués

In order to decorate clothes with leather elements, it is not necessary to buy new expensive leather in the store. You can use old boots or gloves. They are perfect for creating small decorating details.

Many ladies really love when voluminous leather flowers are sewn on a coat or dresses - it looks very feminine and elegant. But not everyone knows that such beauty can be done at home, having only a few tools at hand.

So, to complete the application of leather on the coat with your own hands, you must:

1. Small patches of genuine leather - they serve as the basis for the future product.
2. Gel pen - draw a sketch of the desired pattern (flower, twigs, leaves, etc.)
3. Scissors.
4. Heated frying pan - lay out leather flowers and leaves on it. We observe how they increase in size.
5. Tweezers - with its help removes “fried” products from the pan.
6. Awl - we make holes for them in the resulting petals and sew them together.
7. Glue - we sew ready-made decorative elements to a coat or dress.

Important! In a preheated pan, the skin should be kept no more than 30 seconds. You also need to monitor the amount of glue, so as not to spoil the decorative handmade product.

Cats on clothes

Now images of cats can be seen on any clothing - T-shirt, pants, jacket, socks, etc.Embroidery in the form of cats, of course, look very cute and attractive. Sometimes they are sewn not only for beauty, but also in order to hide a flaw on the clothes. Such a patch in the form of a cat, you can do it yourself.

No matter what material you use - leatherette or felt fabric, the algorithm of actions will be almost the same:

1. Using a stencil, we cut out a cat on the material (whether it is paws, or a muzzle - it does not matter).
2. We thread the product around the edges. At the same time, we select the most beautiful and neat stitches.
3. Beads or rhinestones can be glued to the sheathed decorative part as decoration.
4. Sew the finished part with threads or glue superglue to a sweater or bag.

Important! In order to create a more colorful image of a cat, you can sheathe a part with floss thread or decorative satin ribbons. Then the embroidery will look more voluminous.

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DIY Tips

To make a beautiful item for clothes with your own hands, you need to follow the advice of experienced craftsmen in this matter. Often, when newcomers make leather applications with their own hands, beginners make many mistakes and waste materials. To prevent this from happening:

1. First you need to prepare the basis of the product - fabric. It must be thoroughly washed and ironed, treated with a gelatinous solution, if the material is synthetic. If you choose a natural fabric, such as chintz or cotton, then it must be treated with starch.
2. Choose only bright threads for sheathing. As a result, the application will look more vibrant and decorative.
3. Buy sharp needles and scissors with thin blades. They will help you make your work more accurate.
4. Add small details to the embroidery. They will give the product a complete look.
5. If the material from which you want to make a decorative part for clothes sheds or loses its “salable” appearance, then finished products must be secured with fittings. In no case do you need to sew or glue, as you can completely ruin the embroidery.

Given these simple recommendations, you can make a real work of art with your own hands and not ruin your clothes.

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Women's bags with applique from pieces of genuine leather

Bags with various appliqués made of leather and decorative elements from other materials are very fashionable. But if you buy such an accessory in a store, then it will cost you a lot of money. It is easier to make decorative embroidery at home using improvised materials:

• Leather, suede and fur - natural materials. It is very easy and pleasant to work with them. But one nuance must be taken into account, if these materials are sufficiently dense and rigid, then one needle cannot be dispensed with, no matter how sharp it is. It is better to sheathe a decorative element using a sewing machine.
• Do not treat the skin with abrasive products, as it can deteriorate and nothing can be done.
• Natural materials need to be processed with special substances that can give a shine to the finished application.

The Internet presents a lot of different ideas for creating various types of embroideries. A lot of sites and forums are devoted to this topic, since manual work never remains in the shade and is appreciated.

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Leather applique - a picture that goes beyond

Handwork is popular not only in the field of clothing and accessories, but also in the interior. Do-it-yourself paintings complement any living room or bedroom design. It is enough to familiarize yourself with the implementation technique and purchase the necessary materials.

Consider one of the simplest examples of handmade leather paintings. In order to start, you need to prepare the following tools:

• Glue.
• Wire.
• Shreds of skin.
• Paint.
• Picture frame.
• Vase.
• Stock of patience.

After you have prepared all this, proceed to the implementation:

1. We tightly fit the vase with skin.After that, on a covered vase, draw superglue curls and let it dry.
2. Using a stencil, we cut out several petals on the skin.
3. Glue the wire into each pattern.
4. To make a flower pestle, use a small piece of material and twist it. We fix the finished middle of the flower with glue.
5. We make a few stamens, pierce them with wire. Then glue them to the pestle.
6. We cut out the leaves and make them voluminous with the help of glued wire.
7. Color the background of the picture in the desired color.
8. We color the finished parts and attach them with glue to the picture frame.
9. To make the paintings look like going beyond the scope, we pierce the frame with a wire in a zigzag fashion.

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Stock footage

The finished picture will not leave anyone indifferent. Plus, it will be in a single copy, as it is a figment of your imagination. And other ideas from this article will help you make your everyday wear unique.