You will need:
Ø Scissors
Ø Empty
used small plastic bottle
Ø Glue
gun
Ø Needle
and thread
Ø Felt
(any colour)
Ø Chalk
Ø Fabric
scraps
Ø Doilies/lace/buttons
or other adornments
How to Make It?
Step 1.
Using scissors, cut plastic bottle to your cuff shape. Cut a gap and
curve each corner to avoid sharp bits. One plastic bottle can make three
cuffs. I’ve made this example using the label part, so also removed
the label. This will be the base of your cuff.
Step 2. Take felt (my felt is from a recycle centre selling off-cuts) and trace around plastic cuff base with chalk. Trace around one end, and slowly roll along length of felt, tracing as you go.
You’ll
get something like this…
Cut two pieces.
Step 3.
Using a glue gun, glue one felt strip to the inside, and one to the outside of
the plastic cuff base. This makes your cuff ‘padded’ and a little more
sturdy. Because glue guns get very hot, I use sparingly to avoid burning
plastic.
Cut
off excess felt and plastic bits.
Step 4.
Use cuff to trace around chosen fabric scrap with chalk, like you did in Step 2
with felt. This time you only need one piece of fabric, and make sure you
cut around traced shape leaving enough fabric to wrap around the inside of the
cuff.
Step 5. Wrap fabric around the outside of
the cuff, and sew in place with needle and thread, pull in tight as you sew.
Start sewing at one end, pull tight.
Your chosen color of thread doesn't
matter as it will be covered.
Step 6. Decorate. You can use anything,
lace, buttons, or make fabric scrap flowers to make your cuff look pretty.
I used a cut up doily from a
previous craft project for my decoration. I swapped threads and used
‘invisible thread’, sewing the cut doily in place right through the middle of
the cuff to secure in place. We’re almost done…
Step 7.
Tidy up the inside. To hide sewing on the inside of the cuff, use felt to
cover. At this point I actually used an alternative, suitably matched colored
felt, but you don’t have to. As per Step 2, trace cuff onto felt using chalk to
get appropriate shape. You will need to trim to size. Use your glue gun to glue
to the inside of your cuff. If you have your own label, you can glue that to
the inside too. And you’re done!
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