It is almost always a pity to throw out old,worn things that are still seemingly whole, but you will never wear them for different reasons. Especially this applies to leather products. But you do not need to carry them to the trash when there are so many opportunities to use them as a great material for all sorts of crafts. Many benefits can be extracted even from the smallest and, at first glance, useless skin debris.
Например, из старого ремня могут получиться очень simple to manufacture, but reliable and not issuing nasty squeaking loops for the covers of boxes, easels or caskets. Also from them you can make beautiful and strong roots for book bindings. A strip of thin, soft leather, neatly pasted from the inside of the metal watch bracelet, will make it more comfortable to wear.
Of course, the leather goods themselves do notare limited only by this. If, for example, you are bored with plastic or metal bracelets, then, having acquired the skills of decorative leather finishing, you can always make to your taste a comfortable, soft and, you can say, exclusive leather watchband. Thanks to these same techniques, you can build an original and durable bookmark for books.
Однако можно делать не только симпатичные поделки from the skin with their own hands. For example, a small strip of soft leather, folded longitudinally two or three times and glued, can serve as a hanger-hanger on a coat, jacket or other outer clothing. It is more durable and durable than the fabric, and not as rough as a loop from a metal chain.
Make knitted mittens or gloves moreoriginal and resistant to wear will help circles of thin, soft skin that can be sewn on their palms and in those places where they are most quickly rubbed. The same circles, but smaller, can be sewn on the tips of the glove fingers. This technique will prolong their life for a long time, because in these places they are torn fastest.
If you show imagination and skill, productsthey can become a real hobby of leather with their own hands, because of this material you can do anything, including beautiful wall panels, flower arrangements, flower vases, key chains, cell phone cases and much more. Therefore, do not rush to get rid of old leather boots, bags, jackets and other things. They can be ripped and make absolutely handy material. Just separate the skin from the excess threads, linings, worn parts and other, now unnecessary elements, wash the resulting flaps with warm soapy water and stretch it on the plate, securing it along the edges with small cloves. When the skin is completely dry, it can be smeared with any cream and get to work.
For example, decorations fromskin with your own hands. Necklaces, earrings, bracelets and even rings made on their own can turn their owner into a stylish, original and unique lady, because no one else has this beauty. And from old leather pieces you can sew the original slippers. The affair, of course, is troublesome, but your friends and relatives, who came to visit you, do not have to go barefoot, especially in winter, when the floors are not too warm.
Leather goods do it yourself if you wish.combine with other materials. For example, in the manufacture of jewelry, you can add fur, beads, feathers. If you want to create a beautiful panel, here too there is a place where imagination can be played, because you can add any natural materials to the leather elements, including tree branches, cones, acorns, nutshells, wheat ears, dried leaves ... Because leather is such a unique material that It can be combined with anything. Hand-made leather goods are always spectacular, stylish, original and very exciting!
