Burda Style For people who sew

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  Mar 21, 2010, 06.24 PMby rassyt

  Wonderful for night out, I adore it! I wish I could do this one by myself..:)
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  Mar 19, 2010, 03.45 PMby jhurienesling

  Excellent! Looks very haute couture.
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  Mar 2, 2010, 10.12 PMby handmadehappiness

  this bag is too die for i love it please do try to get a tutorial up i would love to try this as i say to die for :) congrats on your creativity!!!
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  Feb 16, 2010, 01.08 AMby automaticsweetheart

  Thank you everyone for all your kind words!!!! I’m happy you like my project:)
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  Feb 14, 2010, 05.50 AMby mo-mo-sew-sew

  that is insane. forget the bridesmaids…I WANT ONE!! and on top of it, the leather is recycled?? that’s awesome!!!

  would you ever be willing to create a tute on how to make that style of petal?? i think many of us here would be eternally grateful!!

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    Feb 16, 2010, 12.55 AMby automaticsweetheart

    The leather is not recycled (edit: goodness, my mistake! i made a black one that is recycled leather and had just written a description for it, so my brain got lazy when I was writing this description. i’m glad i caught that!) , but the petals are made with every left over scrap I can find! I dream of a day when cream leather jackets are plentiful at the goodwill!

    I’ll try to get a tutorial up within the next month or so, but they’re really easy to make. You can see the process a little better here: http://automaticsweetheart.blogspot.com/2010/02/manipulator.html

    I take the semi circles of leather and pinch the two corners of the flat side together.
    Hope that helps!

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  Feb 11, 2010, 07.08 PMby ginasophia

  Beautiful
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  Feb 11, 2010, 10.23 AMby Julia Didenko

  cool, I really like
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  Feb 11, 2010, 02.39 AMby alazycalm

  It’s lovely, and it looks well made. The shapes look like tortellini, to me. Yum! ;)

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    Feb 16, 2010, 12.56 AMby automaticsweetheart

    I think they look like tortellini too! I secretly call this technique the tortellini treatment. Ha!

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  Feb 11, 2010, 01.10 AMby ilovedesignervintage

  LOVE IT!! GOOD WORK
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  Feb 10, 2010, 06.13 PMby punkiedory

  gorgeous!!!
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  Feb 10, 2010, 05.47 PMby elaine-bin

  You have done a great job on this, love it.
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  Feb 10, 2010, 05.10 PMby tejka

  is it diffucult to sew? leather I think…I never had courage to buy and start sewing it.

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    Feb 16, 2010, 01.03 AMby automaticsweetheart

    I started with buying leather garments from a thrift store…it’s so much cheaper than buying a new hide so if you make mistakes it’s not as traumatic;)
    I made this wristlet on a home sewing machine. The things I have found necessary to minimize frustration are 1. rubber cement to hold the seams together before you sew, 2. leather needles OR a super new denim needle 3., a teflon foot, 4. long stitches (I set my machine to stitch length 4.5 or 5).

    Hope that helps!

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  Feb 10, 2010, 02.52 PMby javy

  this is beautiful.
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  Feb 10, 2010, 01.17 PMby bussey

  I agree… interesting texture… think would be great in velvet also…. may I humbly ask you for some instructions?

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    Feb 16, 2010, 01.06 AMby automaticsweetheart

    I’ll try to get a tutorial up within the next month or so, but they’re really easy to make. You can see the process a little better here: http://automaticsweetheart.blogspot.com/2010/02/manipulator.html

    I take the semi circles of leather and pinch the two corners of the flat side together to get the shape.

    I’ll let you know when the tutorial is up!

    x-r

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  Feb 10, 2010, 12.05 PMby sewella

  Fantastic!
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  Feb 10, 2010, 11.06 AMby loyl8

  love it!!!
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  Feb 10, 2010, 09.54 AMby amyziz

  This is very pretty
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  Feb 10, 2010, 08.56 AMby fairytale-thirteen

  SWEET SEWING – ADORABLE TEXTURE X
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  Feb 10, 2010, 06.58 AMby photinx

  Amazing!
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  Feb 10, 2010, 02.14 AMby camilaustral

  wow nice!!
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  Feb 10, 2010, 01.45 AMby calicocouture

  I like it!