Recycle a Old Leather Belt into a Bracelet Cuff
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2015
- Hi All. Join me in my studio as we upcycle a thrift store leather belt into a fabulous fall inspired bracelet cuff. Learn to cut the belt, add snaps, paint and finish your cuff. Hope you enjoy.
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Great Idea, Thank You from Puerto Rico.
So pretty, thank you for the share
Love this !! Beautiful job
Wow you just saved me a lot of money with this video
Thank you for sharing this idea! It was just what I needed.
My husbands father passed away, and I have a belt of his dad's that I've been saving to do a project with. I'm going to add some light staining to clean it up a bit, but not too much to where I loose some of the wear. I will need to do some touch up stitching, and I'm thinking of adding a couple of small personal effects. The belt is the perfect size to do 3 bracelets, so I'm doing one for my husband, his brother, and his nephew. They all have birthdays coming up soon. They are going to love the bracelets! Thx again.
What a beautiful commemoration to create these special bracelets! I'm glad you found the tutorial helpful. Thanks so much for watching.
Wow...I have watched you many times making Dot Paintings and Projects but had no idea you did this as well...gorgeous!
Hi Karen. I have probably done every craft out there at some point. LOL I'm going through my basement now and am shocked by how much stuff I have for so many different mediums. This was a fun one to do. Thanks for watching.
@@SweetWillowDsgn Me too...and yes when I look around it seem crazy that I have gone down so many paths, but I still visit the supplies that I have applying it to all sorts of things...thanks
What a cool idea! Lov this!
+Fairysnmypond So glad you liked this project. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Love it, thanks!
Thanks Jan.
Great idea, well done 👍 and thanks for sharing 😁
I've made several Deana. It's fun to repurpose these belts.
Great idea!! TFS!!
+Roz Willoughby Roz, so glad you enjoyed this project. It was fun thrifting and painting the leather. Hope you try it.
I really like this project, thanks for the tutorial. I am going to visit my thrift store soon to find some belts.
+Susie LaLonde Hey Susie, glad you liked this project. When looking for a belt make sure its genuine leather. I got one that had some kind of paper backing and it was ok but not ideal. Happy thrifting!
Thankyou for your tutorial!
Thanks for watching Betty!
Love it! Will be making one for sure. Thank you for sharing it. :)
+nancy beal Nancy, glad you enjoyed. I love thrifting. Hope you find a leather piece you love.
I have 5 bags of leather I just went through. hoping to get started making some bracelets. In the video, are those alcohol inks you used along with the paints? :)
No, I used the leather paint which I got at the craft store and Lumiere paint in this project.
Okay, Thank you :)
Was looking better to me before you apply the paint.
But still beautiful
That's the beauty of creating, we can each do our own thing.
Nicely done. But to give a professional look I would suggest using fine sand paper on cut ends, coloring with a matching marker and then lightly waxing or use color matching shoe polish and polishing well to prevent any color coming off on the wearer. All in all well done. The sky’s the limit as far as embellishment. I’ve been using belts myself from thrift shops and it is a lot cheaper than buying leather blanks or buying a skin. You can get more than one bracelet out of it, too.
Gale, thanks for the tips. I have some more belts to work on. I like the designs on the belts I've found. I'll definitely try out your suggestions. Thanks for watching!
This is very cool Maria, love it, It was so nice to meet you yesterday. See you latest on the 13th...let's stay in touch.
+Ina Solsbery Thanks Ina. I just subscribed to you and watched a couple of your videos. Love them. Very creative. Great to meet you and looking forward to the 13th and continued Denver Creative Arts Collaboration meetings.
ha, yes me too and I hope you will enjoy my channel
Just getting started doing this and I’m finding that my L24 snaps are not big enough. What is the best size snap to use for thicker leather belts?
Hi. I’m not sure of the size. I did use leather snaps.
What type of paint is it? and you dont need to seal it?
Angie, I used Lumiere paints and did not seal it. Thanks for watching.
Thé idea is good... but I am a bit upset ...when I read recycling... and it’s new stuff ... you are not the only one doing that...
I see your point. I got the belt at the thrift store so maybe not technically recycled, maybe repurposed would be a better characterization. However, you can use any type of leather belt you wish. Have fun!
How is it not recycling? Shes using something that was already worn by I'm sure many many people, especially if it was brought at a thrift store.She reused it! Is that not a form of recycling?
@@lovelyrich54 I don’t speak about this video but a lot of video I’m sure some people that looked this video when to buy a belt.
@@lovelyrich54 an example diy recycling with ice cream stick, it’s not recycling .... but don’t matter it’s just what I think . And the bracelet made here it’s lovely