Self-application of leather

To date, many women of fashion try to decorate their favorite outfits and shoes with hand accessorieswork. Accessories can be completely different - from paper, polymer clay, fabric and even fresh flowers. Recently it has become fashionable to do skin applications with your own hands. They are very nice and stylish look on coats and dresses, and can complement any simple image. In this article, you will find some interesting ideas for this decor to make it yourself.

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Applications on

things The applications 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 they are very easy to work with. If you've never tried it before, you can use the kids. They are very fond of various creative experiments, as well as full of fresh and creative ideas.

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

To work with paper you will need the following tools:

• Stencil - with it you will be much easier to cope with the pattern.
• Scissors - will help to smoothly cut unnecessary parts of the future accessory.
• Paints, wax crayons or pencils - create a vivid and vibrant picture.
• Adhesive - will connect all parts of the application and complete, the work done.

If the draft is successful, you can go 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 paint knife.
• Pieces of skin.
• 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 techniques and be careful in working with the skin.

Frozen leather applications

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

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

So, to perform the application of leather on the coat with your own hands, you need:

1. Small pieces of natural 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 on it leather flowers and leaves. We observe how they increase in size.
5. Tweezers - with its help removes "fried" products from a frying pan.
6. Silo - we make holes in the obtained petals and sew them together.
7. Adhesive - ready-made decorative elements are sewn to a coat or dress.

Important! On the heated frying pan the skin needs to be kept no more than 30 seconds. Also, you need to monitor the amount of glue in order 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 to hide the flaw on clothes. Such a patch in the form of a cat, you can do yourself.

Regardless of what material you use - leatherette or felt fabric, the algorithm of actions will be almost the same:

1. Using a stencil, we cut out on a cat material( whether it's paws or muzzle - it does not matter).
2. We sew the product around the edges with threads. At the same time choose the most beautiful and accurate stitches.
3. You can glue beads or rhinestones on the trimmed decorative detail.
4. The finished part is sewn with threads or glued with a superglue to the sweater or bag.

Important! In order to create a more colorful image of a cat, you can trim the detail with threads of mulina or decorative satin ribbons. Then the embroidery will look bigger.

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Tips for choosing an application for clothing with your own hands

To make a beautiful piece for clothes with your own hands, you need to follow the advice of experienced masters in this matter. Often performing applications of the skin with their own hands beginners make a lot of mistakes and waste materials. To avoid this:

1. To begin with, you need to prepare the basis of the product - the fabric. It should be thoroughly washed and patted, treated with gelatin solution if the material is synthetic. If you have chosen a natural fabric, for example, cotton or cotton, then it must be treated with starch.
2. Choose only bright strings for the skin. As a result, the application will look brighter and more 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 detail for clothing, sheds or lost a "commodity" appearance, then the finished products need to be fixed with the help of fittings. In no case need to sew or glue, as it is possible to completely ruin the embroidery.

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

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Women's bags with applique made from real leather pieces

Bags with different applications made of leather and decorative elements made from other materials are very fashionable. But if you buy such an accessory in the store, then it will cost you a lot of money. Easier to make decorative embroidery at home, using the handy materials:

• Leather, suede and fur - natural materials. It's very easy and pleasant to work with them. But you need to take into account one nuance, if these materials are sufficiently dense and rigid, then one needle can not do, no matter how sharp it may be. It is better to decorate the decorative element using a sewing machine.
• It is not necessary to treat the skin with abrasive agents, as it can deteriorate and nothing will be done.
• To process natural materials you need special substances that can give a shine of ready-made applique.

The Internet presents a lot of different ideas for creating a variety of types of embroidery. Many websites and forums are devoted to this topic, since manual work never remains in the shadows and is appreciated.

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Skin application - a picture that goes beyond the

Handmade is popular not only in clothing and accessories, but also in the interior. Pictures made by themselves will complement any design of the living room or bedroom. It is enough only to familiarize yourself with the technique of implementation and to acquire the necessary materials.

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

• Adhesive.
• Wire. Scraps of leather.
• Paint.
• Picture frame.
• Vase.
• Stock of patience.

After you have prepared all this, we proceed to the execution:

1. Tightly tighten the vase skin. After that, on the covered vase we draw a superglue of curls and let it dry.
2. Using a stencil, we cut out several petals on the skin.
3. In each pattern we glue the wire.
4. To make a flower pestle, use a small piece of material and twist it. We fix the finished center of the flower with glue.
5. We make several stamens, thread them with wire. Then glue them to the pestle.
6. Cut the leaves and make them bulky with the help of glued wire.
7. Color the background of the painting in the desired color.
8. We paint finished parts and attach them with glue to the picture frame.
9. To make the paintings look like outside of the framework, we pierce the frame with a wire in a zigzag fashion.

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