DIY: make a leather brooch - Marie Claire

The brooch is a colorful and ideal fashion accessory to customize your clothes. We wear it summer and winter, on a T-shirt or on our favorite sweater. It gives style while being a discreet and elegant accessory, in short, we love to collect them!

Customize your clothes: make a brooch

We love brooches so much that we decided to create them! After all, the DIY addict in us isn't afraid to take on a new creative challenge. To make a brooch you can use different materials, leather, wood and even plastic. You can also choose the designs you prefer, green plants, animals, objects...

Make a brooch to offer

Handmade gifts are our favorites! Take the time to create a small accessory according to the tastes of our loved ones, to offer them a unique creation, made with love! So we make brooches to offer to our mom or our sister, an easy DIY that will make them happy!

We love the creation of Camelir for A little Mercerie! That is why we offer you to make a leather fox brooch. Easy to make, you can learn to cut leather while making an original gift! Whether for you or for your loved ones, the fox brooch brings a touch of fantasy to our clothes, we can already see it on our customized denim jacket!

How to make a leather fox brooch?

Material :

1. Print the fox brooch templates and cut out:

- 1 piece of whole fox

- 1 piece for the upper part of the fox's head

- 2 pieces for the eyes

2. Trace the outline of the templates on the different leathers.

3. Cut out the pieces previously traced on the leather. Use a pair of scissors for glittery leather and a box cutter for camel rawhide.

4. Place the pin holder on the wrong side of the camel rawhide and trace the outline of the pin holder.

5. Pre-drill the ends of the spindle support using the nail and the hammer.

6. Drill using the punch with the 3 mm diameter punch.

7. Insert the spindle holder into the holes.

8. Apply glue to the entire surface of the camel rawhide fox part.

9. Glue the pieces of glittery leather, making the different parts coincide.

10. Maintain the bond for 10 to 15 minutes with clothes pegs.

11. Draw the fox's eyes and nose on the glittery leather with a permanent marker.

Tip: hollow out the inside of the eyes from the template and use them as a stencil to trace the eyes symmetrically.