How to make leather bracelets at home?

The leather bracelets They are a very original gift and it is also a fun craft to make at home both children and adults. You are ready?

En Decoración Alcazaba specialists in leather products, we have been working leather goods for decades and we want to show you how to make handmade leather bracelets at home.

What materials do you need?

In order to start doing some leather bracelets at home it takes like leather material. If possible already cut into strips of different sizes and thicknesses, you can also look for scraps of leather in factories to be able to cut ourselves.

Another very easy option to find is the typical ones rawhide laces sold in stores for shoes and jackets. 

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

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

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

• 3 thongs about 15 cm.
• 1 bracelet clasp that fits all 3 leather ropes.
• Waxed linen thread.
• Special needle for leather.
• Scissors.
• Glue to stick.
• Fiso or zeal.

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 one. 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 are more productive when making the bracelet. Also buy everything you need before starting.
2. With a ruler, cut one leather strip about 9 cm wide and the size of your wrist, trying to be about 3 cm. Use the scissors for cutting leather.
3. Glue the strip that you have cut with glue to another piece of leather without cutting. Try to make 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 remaining strips to the size of the original so that there is a more polished leather work.
6. When you have a three-layer piece of leather, go over it with a needle and thread all the edges so that they stay fixed. 
7. Take the clasp, stick it in the two between us and when it has dried, it is time to sew it so that it is fixed. So you would already have one 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, add beads if they are aged or rustic much better.

In the end it is about giving a design to the custom 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 Decoración Alcazaba You can find arab jewelers to be able to put your bracelet.

We hope you have enjoyed the step by step to make a handmade leather bracelet at home. If you want we can explain other ways such as braided leather bracelets o beaded bracelets.