Tutorial - Leather brooches

THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT

To make these leather flower brooches, you will need:

• Leather scraps - thickness between 0.5 and 0.7 mm (here, we mainly used leather from our Sweet 2 and Satinlys ranges)
• 3 cm round leather lace - 2 mm diameter
• 1 tube of Hasulith jewelry glue - 30 ml

Additionally not available on our store:

• A bead diameter 8 mm + nylon thread
• A mini bouquet of dried flowers
• Pins for brooches

Optional, 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 measuring 25 x 4 mm

CUT THE LEATHER PIECES

Download the pattern and print it in full size. Cut out the leather pieces with a cutter or punch cutters.

1) THE DAISY

Cut and center the petals

• Use a chain cookie cutter to cut the 6 petals and round cookie cutters to cut the rounds with a diameter of 10 and 20 mm.
• Mark the center of the 6 petals as well as the Ø 20 mm circle with a needle.

Glue the petals

Then, glue the petals, center to center, on the 20 mm circle (use the pattern to position the pieces). Put a dot of glue on the back of each piece before gluing. To be more precise, we helped ourselves with a block of cork and a needle. We stuck the needle into the center of each piece.

Add the center

Then, glue the Ø 10 mm round to the center of the flower.

2) 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, with Hasulith glue, the 5 petals on the 20 mm round. Use the pattern to help you position the petals.

Fix the circle

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

Give 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, cut the flower. Then, for a perfect finish, work the slices with paint.

2) THE WATERING CAN

Cut and glue the pieces

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

Personalize your leather brooch

Option: personalize the front piece of the watering can by punching a small pattern (example: a heart with a precision cookie cutter). Using a 1mm cookie cutter, punch holes in the end of the watering can.

Assemble the pieces

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

3) THE ROSE

• Cut out 3 rounds with a Ø 14 mm cookie cutter and 6 rounds with a Ø 20 mm cookie cutter.
• Glue the 3 small circles on top of each other (like 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, rolling it up.

Add a pearl

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

Slip the lace

Stuck a piece of 2mm lace in the cone (the lace must come out 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 already existing cone (especially to hide the bottom of the tulip).

HANG THE 2 CM PIN FASTENER

For each of the pins, stick the pin behind the flower or watering can with glue. Be careful, for the “Rose” brooch, pass the nylon thread through the pin and tie a knot before sticking the pin on the leather so that the pearl does not fall out. To hold the pin on the brooch, glue a circle with a diameter of 14 mm inside the pin.

Give free rein to your creativity by using or recycling leather to make brooches or other accessories: What to do with leather scraps?