Genuine leather is a durable material.That is why leather items go out of fashion, retaining a quite decent appearance and excellent quality of the material. It is a pity to throw away such a thing (for obvious reasons), so it lives out its days in a closet or on the mezzanine, awaiting its final fate. Some particularly thrifty owners (or heirs) of leather coats and jackets give them to a studio and receive new leather items, remade from rarities, for a moderate fee. But most leather items are mercilessly cut into shreds and turned into... In skillful hands, leather shreds can turn into new cosmetic bags or even handbags, into phone cases, into stylish patches on jeans and jackets. And who knows what a creaking leather shred will inspire a truly passionate needlewoman to do! For example, fashionable artificial flowers that decorate clothes, shoes, bags, hairstyles. Why not try making leather flowers with your own hands? Let's get to it!
Flower - brooch
What could be a more feminine decoration?than a flower brooch? A leather flower brooch will be a suitable accessory not only for a business suit, but also for a coat or jacket. To make such a decoration we will need:
- base for brooch;
- flaps of natural leather (better - thin and color);
- adhesive (PVA and "Moment");
- candle;
- scissors;
- tweezers.
First, let's think about what the petals will be like, andLet's make a cardboard template. Now transfer the pattern to the leather (from the back side) and cut out six large, five medium and three small petals. Also cut out a circle to glue the petals to. Now let's start making veins on the petals. To do this, apply a narrow strip of Moment glue in the center of the back side of the petal, fold the petal in half (to the back) along this strip, and make a longitudinal pinch on the front side and squeeze it tightly with your fingers so that the leather sticks together and a relief fold-vein forms on the petal. In this way, we process all the petals in turn, except for the smallest ones. Next, we give the petals of our flower a convex shape. First, dilute the PVA glue with water (one to one), apply this solution to the back side of the parts and let the glue dry. Next, holding the piece with tweezers, bring it with the back side to the lit candle and move the petal over the flame.
- Please note that you need to keep the parthigh enough above the fire to make it deform under the influence of hot air, but not flame. You will see how the edges of the leather lobe begin to wrap inside.
In this way we process all the details.We assemble a rose from small petals, folding one of them into a bud and wrapping this bud with two other petals. We fix the joints with glue. It remains to assemble the flower. First, we glue large petals around the circumference onto the circle base, connecting their lower edges in the center of the base. In the same way, we assemble the second tier of the flower from medium petals, placing them in a checkerboard pattern with the lower parts. We glue the rose to the center of the flower. We attach the flower to the fittings and admire our creation!
Dahlia made of leather
Where you will use such a gorgeous flower is up to you. And a lush leather dahlia can decorate a bag, a hair clip, and a coat. To make such a beauty, you need to prepare:
- flaps of natural leather;
- beads for decoration of the middle of a flower;
- glue "Moment" or a hot gun;
- scissors.
First, we make three templates:a square with a side of four (it is possible a couple of millimeters less) centimeters, a square with a side of two and a half centimeters and a square with a side of two centimeters. Using ready-made templates, cut out fifteen blanks of all three sizes, the largest can be made more (twenty-five, for example). Now cut out the petals. On the bottom side of the blank, measure two thirds of the size of the side of the square in the center and begin to cut the edges with a smooth line to the middle of the sides, and from the center of the sides - with a rounded line to the center of the top side of the square. As a result, we get petals with a pointed top and a straight (horizontal) bottom cut. Apply a layer of glue to the lower part of the petal from the front side, wrap the edges of the part, connect them (putting them next to each other) in the center of the petal and press hard with your fingers so that they stick. So we roll up all the prepared parts. Cut out the base of the dahlia from leather, to which we will glue the petals.
- Note that this part is best cut out a little more than the right size, and then excess skin is simply cut off.
First, we glue it along the edge of the round piecelarge petals, placing them on the base with the lower edge. Glue only part of the petal, placing only three to five millimeters of the total height of the petal on the circle. If the first tier of petals does not seem lush enough to you, then add to it the details of which we have prepared more in advance. Then glue the petals of the second tier, placing them in a checkerboard pattern, and assemble a tier of small petals on top. Decorate the center of the flower with beads. That's it!
Leather Rose
This royal flower is surprisingly easy to make! And all we need for it is:
- flaps of skin;
- candle;
- scissors,
- glue.
Depending on the size of the intended flowerWe make two templates in the shape of rose petals - a small and a large one. Now we cut out ten petals of each size from leather and process them over the fire. Holding the petal with tweezers (if your hands are not afraid of fire, you can use your hands), turn it with the back side to the flame and hold it over the fire (not low!) forcing the edges of the petal to curl inward. Now we start making the rose. We take one small petal, apply a little glue to the back side of the piece and roll the workpiece into a kind of roll, forming a rose bud. We also apply a little glue to the next petal (already on the front side) and wrap the bud with it. We glue the next petal strictly opposite the first one that wrapped the bud. Make sure that the upper edges of the petals are at the same level. In this way, we assemble the rose, first gluing the small petals, and then the large ones. If you want to add leaves, cut out a blank for them, apply a narrow strip of glue along the leaf to the back side, and form a fold-pinch on the front side. You can make the side "veins" in the same way. And if you want, you can spray the rose itself with spray paint, or you can leave everything as is. Leather itself is very effective, even if it is black, gray or brown. Pay attention! Roses made of thin and soft white leather look chic and at the same time delicate. In general, the process of making flowers from leather comes down to cutting out the details, giving them shape with flame or glue and composing the flower itself: it is actually very simple. But the finished leather flower looks amazing! Try it and see for yourself. Good luck! We recommend reading:
