How to make leather bracelets at home?

Leather bracelets are a very original gift and are also a fun craft to do at home for both children and adults. You are ready?

At Decoration Alcazaba we are specialists in leather products , we have been working in leather goods for decades and we want to teach you how to make handmade leather bracelets at home .

What materials do you need?

In order to start making leather bracelets at home, you need leather as a material . If possible, already cut into strips of different sizes and thicknesses, you can also look for leftover leather in factories to be able to cut it yourself.

Another very easy option to find is the typical rawhide laces sold in shoe and jacket stores.

As for the color, it can be raw or look for leather with different shades so that they have an effect on the bracelet. You can also add beads to make it more modern.

The most important thing when buying leather to make handmade bracelets is that the material is flexible and manageable, since it will be braided, sewn, glued, etc.

In the step by step that we are going to explain to you below, you need the following to make a leather bracelet at home :

• 3 leather strips of about 15 cm.
• 1 bracelet closure that fits the 3 leather ends .
• Waxed linen thread.
• Special needle for leather .
• Scissors.
• Glue to glue.
• Fiso or jealousy.

How to make leather bracelets at home step by step?

There are thousands of ways to make leather bracelets step by step , but we are going to show you the simplest. So that you can make it to your liking, adding sewn beads, without them, simpler and more elegant, however you want.

1. Ideally, you should have the material that we mentioned before nearby so that you can be more productive when making the bracelet. Also buy everything you need before starting.
2. With a ruler, cut a strip of leather about 9 cm wide and the size of your wrist, trying to make it about 3 cm wide. Use the scissors to cut the leather .
3. Glue the strip you cut to another piece of uncut leather . Try to keep it wrinkle-free and as firm as possible. After that, let it dry for 8 hours.
4. Glue another strip of leather on top and let it dry again.
5. Trim the two excess strips to the size of the original for a more polished leather work .
6. When you have a piece of three-ply leather, go over all the edges with a needle and thread so that they stay secure.
7. Take the closure, glue it on the two sides and when it has dried, it's time to sew it so that it stays fixed. This way you would have a handmade leather bracelet .

If you want to add some personal touches, you can make a small drawing while you are sewing the bracelet, for example a small zig zag. As we have already mentioned before, adding beads if they are aged or rustic is much better.

In the end it is about giving a design to the personalized leather bracelet , so we will leave our essence so that it is the perfect gift for our family and friends. If you want to be the king of gifts, in Decoration Alcazaba you can find Arab jewelers to put your bracelet.

We hope you have been able to enjoy the step by step to make a leather bracelet at home . If you want, we can explain other shapes such as braided leather bracelets or bracelets with beads .