DIY - Create leather brooches / pins - Complete tutorial

THE NECESSARY MATERIAL

To make these leather brooches you will need:

• Leather scraps - thickness between 0.5 and 0.9 mm (we mainly used leathers from our Sweet 2 and Satinlys ranges as well as goat leather).
• SALPA to reinforce and double the pins: thickness 0.6 mm.
• 1 tube of Hasulith jewelry glue - 30 ml.
• For the tulip only: 3 cm of round leather lace - 2 mm in diameter

Also not available in our store:

• For the tulip: A pearl diameter 8 mm + nylon thread
• For the watering can: A mini bouquet of dried flowers
• Pins for brooches

Optionally, to facilitate cutting of parts:

• 1 cookie cutter Ø 10 mm
• 1 cookie cutter Ø 14 mm
• 1 cookie cutter Ø 20 mm
• 1 oblong cookie cutter 25 x 4 mm

THE BOSS

Download the pattern (at the top of the article) and print it in actual size.

CUTTING OPTIONS:

Cut out your pin designs with a good pair of scissors, cookie cutters, or a cutting machine like the Cricut Maker (with the knife blade). The .svg file is available for free download.

2) THE DAISY

THE SIMPLEST AND FASTEST OPTION:

3 daisy shapes are available on the PDF and SVG pattern. Choose the one you like the most!

Line a piece of leather with 0.6 mm thick SALPA. Glue the pieces together with neoprene glue.

Trace the daisy of your choice (using a silver pencil) onto the laminated piece. Then cut it out with a good pair of scissors or a cutting machine.

Then glue a Ø 10 mm circle in the center of the flower.

3) THE POPPY

Position the petals

Cut out the 5 petals with a pair of scissors and the 10 and 20 mm diameter circles with cookie cutters.

Glue the 5 petals onto the 20 mm circle using neoprene glue. Use the template to position the petals.

Fix the circle

Glue the Ø 10 mm circle to the center of the flower (you can double it to give it more volume).

Add volume

Double the poppy by gluing it to another piece of leather (wrong side against wrong side). This will stiffen the shape and give it more volume. After gluing, overcut the flower. Then, for a perfect finish, work the edges with paint.

4) THE WATERING CAN

Cut out and glue the pieces

• Cut out the two pattern pieces with a pair of scissors or a cutter.
• Glue, using Hasulith glue or tape, a mini bouquet of dried flowers to the center of the back piece of the watering can (on the front side of the leather).

Customize your leather brooch

Option: Customize the front part of the watering can by punching a small pattern (example: a heart with a precision punch). Using a 1 mm punch, punch holes at the end of the watering can.

Put the pieces together

Then, glue, edge to edge, the front piece of the watering can to the back piece of the watering can.

5) THE TULIP

• Cut out 3 circles with a Ø 14 mm cookie cutter and 6 circles with a Ø 20 mm cookie cutter.

• Glue the 3 small circles on top of each other (as on the pattern). Then, glue the last circle on the first, to make a cone.

Roll up the petals

Do the same with 3 other larger circles and glue the larger cone onto the smaller cone by rolling it up.

Add a pearl

Slide an 8 mm diameter bead inside the cone. Pass a nylon thread inside the bead, then bring the two ends of the thread out through the bottom of the cone.

Slip the lace

Stick a piece of 2 mm lace into the cone (the lace must come out on the same side as the nylon thread). Then, put a dot of Hasulith glue on the bottom of the cone before pinching the entire bottom of the cone to close it.

Finalize the tulip

Glue the 3 remaining circles over the existing cone (in particular to hide the bottom of the tulip).

ATTACH THE 2 CM BROOCH CLIP

For each brooch, glue the pin behind the leather pattern with Hasulith glue. Be careful, for the "Tulip" brooch, pass the nylon thread through the pin and tie a knot before gluing the pin to the leather so that the pearl does not fall off. To hold the pin on the brooch, glue a circle with a diameter of 10 to 14 mm inside the pin.

Let your creativity run wild by using or recycling leather to make brooches or other accessories:

What to do with leather scraps?