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I offer you my version of decoration for a barrette with a clasp. 1. Preparing the base for the barrette. I make it from 2 cardboard parts. You need a thick, dense cardboard which does not break. Binder cardboard or leather board will be good. The upper part should be a little larger to hide the ...

I love hand stitching. They always make things warm, personal, special. Today I want to tell you how to make a neat hand stitch on leather, because leather remembers each puncture and doesn't forget errors. You need: needle roller tailor's chalk awl and, in fact, a piece of leather that ...

If you love working with leather as I do, you'll like the DIY, too. You need: cream plastic jar dense foam or a thick foamed polyethylene velour, velvet soft leather PVA glue 1-2. Insert foam in the jar and make cuts at the lines each 2 cm.   3. Cut out a velvet rectangle 2 times larger then ...

We are doing to make a passport cover with two pockets for cards and a feather pattern. You need: - genuine leather of a light colour - a sewing machine - ruler, scissors for leather, glue - wood burning tool So first, cut out the details. Detail 1: 19.5 х 13.5 cm. Two side Details 2 and 3: 7 х 13 ...