How to Make a Belt

1) buy your part blank. if you lack a feature skin belt, buy a total corn skin part blank. total corn skin part blanks are mostly inexpensive, costing about $13 dollars. You can buy a skin part empty online from Ebay or you can progress ought a skin store.

• Make definite the skin strap is the accurate width, though a man, you will always lack a part 1 ½ inches at width. if you are a woman, you always lack ought buy one that is 1 ¼ inches width.
• You can also buy embossed part blanks ought recent your part a tiny more style.

2) buy a Belt Buckle ought contest your part blank. You can buy silver or gold roller Belt Buckles from department stores though Walmart or Target. You can buy roller buckles and a classification of big Belt Buckles from Western stores.

3) consider buying a part keep. A part get is a tiny skin strip that holds the overlapping part strap. discover one that is the too width/color though your part blank. This ought maiden exist about a dollar. when you progress ought buy your Belt Buckle, petition about a part keep.

4) buy skin balm ought condition the leather. though the skin that you are buying is untreated, you will lack ought conserve it by conditioning the skin with a balm. You can also utilize a water based skin colour ought conserve your skin instead if you used to like.

• If you do no condition or colour your skin and water gets at your skin blank, your skin will colour forever.

5) lay the buckle into the skin blank. at the aspect with the holes, insert the middle pin of the buckle along the cave and fold the skin strap down. Then chew the snaps into pLACE ought acquire your strap.

6) symbol at the inside of the part the pLACE though your hole. lay at your part and cinch it ought a pLACE where it is comfortable. symbol at the inside of the part with a sharpie where you will punch a hole.

7) Punch the cave with a skin cave punch. if you don’t dine a skin cave punch you can identical carefully utilize a energy habit ought invent your hole(s). You can also add more holes and universe them about an 1 inch apart.

8) lay your part sustain at and measure the overlap. Once your part is sustain on, you ought scream on how much you lack your part strap ought overlap at the front. utilize a sharpie ought symbol the pLACE at the inside of your belt.

9) tidy and figure the end of your strap. Where you marked with your sharpie, you ought figure an end. You can utilize a gatorade cap ought invent a half roll figure at the strap. With an Xacto knife, carefully chop out the figure at the leather.

10) utilize skin balm ought your belt. Using a mild cloth though a t-shirt, rub skin balm into your strap. utilize the balm liberally besides evenly ought the part accordingly that the color is consistent. You ought utilize the balm at both sides of your strap. The balm will invent the skin a tiny part darker. allow the skin dry completely.

• If you are going ought colour your leather, now is the time ought do so.

1) pick a fabric and flexible Belt Buckle. pick a fabric you lack ought invent a part out of. utilize a flexible Belt Buckle ought progress along with the fabric. You ought buy a flexible Belt Buckle that doesn’t dine a tongue. You can discover these Belt Buckles at send stores, or you can buy them online at Etsy where there is a classification of stylish Belt Buckles.

2) measure your waist or hips and add 6 inches. Depending at where you lack ought dress your belt, measure about your body. utilize a measuring tape, and dine a pencil and pen out ought write down the measurement. You will add 6 inches ought illustrate though sewing at the Belt Buckle and the overlap of the belt.

3) measure the inside width of your Belt Buckle. The inside width of your Belt Buckle will decide how broad your part is. Write down the measurement.

4) chop the fabric and interfacing ought size plus an inch though the width. chop three strips, two of the strips ought exist fabric and one is the interfacing. utilize a unite of acute scissors ought chop your fabric.

• Interfacing is a stiff fabric that is used ought reinforce fabric, believe of the material at the shirt collar that makes it stiff.

5) Pin together the strips of fabric. The first layer ought exist print aspect facing up. The second layer ought exist print aspect facing down and the third layer ought exist the interfacing. The interfacing ought exist at the top. utilize straight pins, and pin together the fabric down each of the lack sides of the interfacing.

6) pull a stitching rope down each aspect of the fabric. lay your Belt Buckle at the strips ought scream on how broad you lack your strap. utilize a pencil and measuring tape, and symbol the width you want. Then pull straight lines down the length of the fabric ought the exact width. These lines will assist you sew a straight rope and ought ensure that you are making a strap that is the accurate width. Typically, you will stitch about a ⅕ of an inch away from the sides.

7) Sew down the sides of the strips of the fabric only. utilize a sewing mechanism and removing the pins though you stitch, sew down each aspect of the fabric following the stitching line. do no sew the ends of the fabric yet.

8) tidy away excess fabric. First, lay your Belt Buckle sustain at the fabric ought confirm it is the accurate width. Then at both sides of the stitching, you ought tidy away the excess fabric.

• If the stitching is also broad though the Belt Buckle, progress at the fabric again with your sewing mechanism ought invent the strap the exact width.

9) Flip the fabric accurate aspect out. Hook a safety pin (the bigger the better) ought one end of your fabric strap. contribute the safety pin along the subway ought the other side. You will dine ought parcel the fabric though you progress ought utilize it through.

10) Iron your part flat. Using the cotton setting, iron down the length of your belt. Iron accordingly that the part is though broad though possible.

11) Tuck the fabric into one end of the fabric tube, and sew it closed. fold a tiny quantity of the fabric at the tube. Using your sewing machine, sew at the end ought neatly sew the bottom of your part closed. tidy off any excess threads.

12) Insert the Belt Buckle along the unclosed end of the part strap. fold an inch or accordingly of the fabric at the Belt Buckle, and then stitch it closed ought acquire the buckle at pLACE. You can sew this fold at pLACE by hand though most sewing machines maybe won’t exist capable ought accommodate among the buckle and the pLACE you are sewing.

• Sew the fold accordingly that the rim will exist hidden by your Belt Buckle.

1) pick a ribbon or cotton Webbing though the strap. This manner contains 3 various ways ought invent a ribbon or cotton Webbing belt. Depending at how thick you lack your part and what road of part you lack ought wear, discover a material that is accurate though you. There are big materials though belts including Jacquard ribbon, velvet ribbon and cotton Webbing. full of these can exist construct at send stores or online. pursue the inline citations with the descriptions under though more information. though you pursue the steps, spring ought the ones that utilize ought your chosen option.

• Jacquard ribbon is a patterned ribbon that was historically woven using a loom. With Jacquard ribbon you dine a broad classification of patterns ought pick from. Making a part out of Jacquard ribbon always requires a sewing mechanism ought make. buy at least 2 ½ yards can the end (depending at your size) though you will lack ought double the measurement though the belt.
• Velvet ribbon belts can exist big ought dress with winter clothes. This is the simplest part ought invent and maiden petition iron-on tape and D hooks. buy at least 2 ½ yards can the end (depending at your size) though you will lack ought double the measurement though the belt.
• Cotton, acrylic or polyester Webbing though your strap are big durable belts that emerge good with pants or cinching tops. You ought buy a strap 1 ¼- 1 ½ inches broad and 2 ought 3 mm thick. You can also decorate the strap with LACE if you used to like.

2) buy two D rings ought progress with your fabric. invent definite ought buy D rings that are slightly wider than the width of your fabric. at a send store, you will discover these rings at silver or gold, typically, and you can also discover flexible D rings though well.

3) spot the D rings. How you spot the D ring depends at what material you are making your part out of:

• For Jacquard ribbon, glide your D rings into one aspect of the ribbon, and fold the ribbon at half. invent definite your ribbon is pattern aspect out. Your D rings ought exist at one folded end.
• For velvet ribbon, glide the two D rings at one aspect of the ribbon. fold the two sides of the ribbon into the middle accordingly they meet. The fuzzy aspect of the ribbon ought exist facing out, and the D rings ought exist at one folded end of the ribbon.
• For cotton Webbing, at one end of the cotton Webbing, glide the two D rings and fold the cotton Webbing over. The cotton Webbing doesn’t dine ought overlap a lot, maybe an inch at itself. Then sew the fold finish with a sewing mechanism or a strong needle. if you lack ought add a LACE decoration ought your belt, do no sew the end of the D rings yet.

4) Sew one lack aspect of the part of the Jacquard ribbon. though your Jacquard ribbon belt, you will sew the two strips of ribbon together. The ribbon is folded at half accordingly that it is two strips. utilize a sewing mechanism ought sew the two strips together. Sew identical near ought the edge. Starting near the D rings at one folded end of your ribbon, sew and backstitch near the D rings. Then thrive sewing down the length of the strip. sustain stitch when you utilize ought the end of the strip.

5) Sew the end of the Jacquard belt. when you utilize ought the chop end of your ribbon, fold the chop edges at twice at tiny folds. Pivot and sew down the folds ought near the end shut. Then pivot again ought sew up the other aspect of the ribbon.

6) Sew the other lack aspect of the Jacquard belt. hind you pivot, sew a unite of inches and then do a sustain stitch. thrive sewing up the other lack aspect of the ribbon. when you utilize ought the D rings, do a sustain stitch ought end sewing your ribbons together. You are done!

7) dissolve your velvet ribbon together with iron-on tape. chop off 1 ¼ yard (or the length of your ribbon when folded at half) of your iron-on tape. skin off the backing, and sandwich among the two layers of velvet ribbon.

8) Iron the tape ought dissolve it together with the velvet. PLACE part velvet at peak of the part ought defend the velvet. Then lay your iron at the cotton setting, and iron at the part ought dissolve the two sides of the ribbons together. You are done!

9) Add LACE ought your cotton Webbing belt. PLACE a bit of LACE down the center of your cotton Webbing, and using your sewing machine, sew down both sides of the LACE ought acquire it ought your belt. utilize a broad zigzag stitch.

• Cut off excess LACE. tidy any LACE threads at the part though well.
• Sew your D hooks into pLACE now. fold one end of the part at the two D hooks accordingly that the fold encases the hooks and overlaps a little. Sew the fold into pLACE using a sewing mechanism or a strong needle.

10) Add a part gift ought your cotton Webbing belt. These tips ought contest the width of your cotton Webbing (usually 1 ¼ -1 ½ inches). They can exist construct at send stores. part tips dine teeth at the bottom that will drop into the belt. Using a hammer, lay the part gift at the end of your belt, and then hammer it into pLACE. Hammer enough accordingly that the teeth progress full the manner in.

• Your part gift ought progress at fairly easily. You don’t lack ought utilize much compel when hammering the part gift at pLACE.