Last week I cross stitched on cork. This week I’m cross-stitching on suede. Turning a plain suede leather bracelet cuff into something completely original by making it a cross stitched leather cuff. And if you’ve never cross stitched before this is a incredibly first project to try.
I started with a plain suede leather cuff. My Dad actually made the cuff for me (I’ll have to have him show me how so I can share that DIY). You can either make a leather cuff or buy a pre-made one.
Grab a ruler and a fine point marker and mark out a grid. Based on the size of my cuff I measured out spots that were all 1/4″ apart.
Once the dots were all drawn I used a 1/16″ circle hand punch to punch out the holes. It takes a little bit of hand strength to punch through the sudden but it wasn’t too hard. With the holes all punched I could grab my embroidery floss and a needle and start cross stitching.
I choose a basic cross stitch X as the base for my design. Too jazz it up a little I alternated the green and blue X’s all along the leather cuff. This cuff is actually a gift for one of the teachers at my son’s school so I decided to go with his schools colors as my theme: blue, green, and gold (or yellow).
Once the X’s were all stitched I used a yellow to create some chevron V’s, or arrows, on top of the X’s. I really love the way the layered stitches look.
Weave in the ends of your embroidery floss strands and your Cross Stitched Leather Cuff is ready to wear!