Recently I’ve felt an urge to deck myself out in a few gold bows, maybe it’s a nod to the final golden hours of summer, or the fact that I’m off to Japan this weekend where bows are practically a uniform, but I can’t get enough of them. Recently I created this leather bow bracelet and couldn’t wait to share! Read on to see how.
When I made this I experimented with different techniques, the first time sewing and the second time gluing like you see below. I found that the finished product was much better with the glued version, but of course if you have a few leather skills you should definitely stitch this using a dart awl to puncture the leather.
You need:
- a gold bow
- a piece of leather
- a ruler
- scissors
- a stud bead
- a multi hole punch
How to:
1. Cut two pieces of leather around 1.5 cm (half inch) thick. The largest piece should fit around your wrist with some overlap, and the smaller one should be roughly half the size of the other piece.
2. Make holes for the stud beads (which will secure the leather on) at both ends.
2. Add the stud bead to one end.
3. Now, add glue to the ends of the shorter piece of leather on the right side of both ends.
4. Press the ends together onto the middle of the base piece of leather.
5. Add some glue to the middle of the loop of leather and then add the bow on top.
6. Put a piece of twine or string underneath the bows.
7. Carefully pull tight so the leather loop creates a bow and the metal bow is sitting in place. Let dry overnight and when dry remove the piece of twine.
Voila!
That looks so nice!
XO CHAMA FASHION
http://www.chamafashion.com
It looks fabulous! The bow and the leather are a cool and delicate mix. Thank you! Best regards from Barcelona,
M
The bracelet looks adorable. I would love to try this š
xx Mira
http://www.glamdevils.com
So pretty!!
oooh i love this! its very ted baker, it reminds me of all the purses
Helena / helenaterry.blogspot.co.uk
Absolutely stunning!
lovely.
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Cute DIY, I love it!
Nice post! XX
What an adorable and easy DIY! Gotta try it!
Wonderful idea and so cute! xx
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This is a cute bracelet. I like the blush color with the gold bow. A girl can never have too many bows!
Love this project it looks so polished!
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this is such a cute idea!!
This is too cute! Feminine and in a color I love! Where do you get your scraps of leather? Thank you for sharing.
xo Rachel
This is so pretty š
xx
SASHA
Super cute! Reminds me a lot of Kate Spade š
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This is super cute I LOVE DIY blogs.
xo
Maggie A
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It is adorable!
Some time ago I made a ring with flat wire similar than this, If I know, I will make my ring with leather! The result is amazing (and much more easy to work)
xoxo
Veva MWI
Great DIY!
Love,
http://www.fashion-ice.blogspot.com
Very beautiful!
Lots of love, xx
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Very pretty! Love the choice of colour, too. x
Love the bracelet! Could I ask where you get your leather from?
These bracelets are so cute !
I totally love them š
xx Julia
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I love bows! I bought a pretty, dainty rose gold bow bangle from Kate Spade a few months ago, but the design of the product had it perpetually falling off – so sad. Love this look of the hard bow/soft leather.
Warm Regards,
Alexandra
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Such a great idea! š
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The DIY leather bracelet looks amazingly beautiful.
It kooks ador
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Lots of love ā„
Roze @ Its Rozee
It looks so sweet and beautiful, love it
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c’est magnifique! j’adore! et aussi les “leather key ring”. MERCI!
This is stunnig!
See my own DIY version here: http://lilasirena.blogspot.mx/2014/09/diy-leather-bow-bracelet.html
Thank you for being such an inspiration =)
Love from MX,
Lila&Sirena
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So cute and simple! Love it! š
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Awesome, love it!
Glad you like it!
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Your leather Works are awesome!!
Just love your blog.
Much love,
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this is super cute but i was wondering where can i get the in silver?
thank you
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Where did you get the bow? I’ve been searching everywhere for one so I can make this and I can’t find one like it anywhere.