Leather and pearls give this headband the perfect blend of soft and strong. This headband is so elegant and sophisticated. You would never guess that I made it from an old leather purse!
Petals and Pearls Headband
What you will need:
Old Leather purse (to completely rip apart)
Good quality Faux Pearl beads in varied sizes
Elastic Ribbon
Sewing Machine
Hot Glue
Scissors
First take the scissors and start cutting out as much leather as possible.
You should end up with something like this depending on the bag. You could of course use other sources of leather as long as it isn’t thick. The leather I used had a fabric backing on it… this made for a nice contrast of color!
(The flower is loosely based off of these) Start Cutting out 3 different squares. One is 1.5 inches. Another is just over 1 inch and the other is just under 1 inch. From there make them into petals that resemble the ones I made These will be your patterns.
Make about 15 petals for each size (using the pattern you just made for each)… I made 10 extras of the largest size and used them to help fill it out… you may have some leftover when you are through.
Glue on the bottom and fold ends together. (sorry bout the blurry pics!!!)
Figure out where everything will go before gluing it all together.
Cut a circle out of the leftover leather and start by gluing the largest layer first then work your way up. Hot glue some pearls in the middle and you are finished with the flower.
Once you are through making the flower cut off the handles to the purse. This will be the band. Measure it to your head and cut. Leave about a 3 inch space for the elastic to go. Attach Elastic with a sewing machine.
Now enjoy your work of art! Simply Stunning!
Happy Creating!
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This is such a smashing picture of you! Beautiful oh and the headband is lovely too!
Great idea, and it looks so pretty on you! I love an opportunity to use nice leather off an old purse.
So cute Rachel! I love the idea of cutting up an old purse too! You're a genius!
I love that it was repurposed :+)
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nice and clever!
This is beautiful! I love that you used an old purse–wow!
What a great idea. I love it!
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Erin
Beautiful!! nice job such a cute blog, Following you !!:)
This is beautiful, thanks for sharing. I am a new follower of your blog and I would love for you to follow me back!
xoxo
Kelli @ loveoursimplelife.blogspot.com
Oh my gosh, I love this!! It truly is gorgeous!
This is adorable and I loved that you used an old purse to make it! Makes me want to go dig around and look at my moms old ugly bags! hehe
PS i'm a new follower now!
WOW!! This is super impressive! Great job Rach!
wow! gorgeous
LOVE it!!!! And your tutorial is rockin!
Holy AMAZING,Batman! What a great idea! It turned out super cute,too. Mayhaps a thrift store run for a leather purse is in order…
completely amazing transformation!
Way to pretty up an ugly bag! I love it.
Wow, that looks fantastic! Thanks for sharing such a fun tutorial!
Great tutorial! Makes me think I can actually do something this pretty lol
What a fabulous upcycle idea! Found you from eisymorgan's party, and I sure enjoyed my visit here! ~Kristin from Living Graciously
This is beautiful!! Thank you!!
I'm a new follower.
Have a great week,
Liberty
http://www.libertyoriginal.blogspot.com
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Thanks for showing how to do it! Beautiful!
This is SO amazing! Beautiful. I love it!
-Annie @ {PeppermintPlum}
This is gorgeous! I love everything about it! I shared this on my Friday Favorites post today–you did a fantastic job!
What an awesome idea! I can't wait to try it–thanks for sharing!
Beautiful.
Val
http://www.crieartezzanato.blogspot.com
Lovely! I am now a follower!
So gorgeous. Genius. Love the petal shapes especially.
This is beautiful! Thanks for the tutorial!
Hey, saw this headband featured on Tip Junkie! Glad this post is getting the recognition it deserves! You oooze creativity! I'm inspired!
I love it!! that's really creative:)
You were featured on Inspire me Wed!!
Awesome tutorial! It looks like a lotus flower! I shall feature and link back in a future post so others can come visit! Pearl
Waw.. Beautiful… I love this.. ^_^
You are so clever!!! Love using the OLD purse…love re-purposing old items.
Cathy