Braided belts have long been accompanied by a person. Such belts were tied on top of clothing and were a mandatory image element. They were selected from woolen and linen threads. The belt was narrow, wide, simple and pattern. The belt is a stylish and important detail of the wardrobe. It is not always possible to choose the belt to the clothes. The solution to this question may be fairly simple. Make a braided belt with your own hands! It can be weave from threads, ropes, braids and ribbons.
Required materials and tools:
- twine or twine;
- scissors;
- belt buckle;
- Two boards;
- threads;
- Cotton tape;
- sewing machine.
Weep braid for belt
To make a braided belt with your own hands, select such a buckle so that its width is equal to the width of the belt. Cut from the twine of 15 yarns of 2 meters long (this is the average length, if your belt is long, you can easily cut off an excess). Now take two planks and post all the twine threads between them. Then clamp the side of the sheets for further convenient work with the ropes. Divide the threads on 3 groups of 5 threads and start weaving. Spit must be flat. After the split braid, fasten the last threads.
Wind buckle
Cut about 50 cm twine and wrap the details of the buckle, starting from the bottom edge. Take advantage of glue for the first and last empty. Secure the ends of the twine on the buckle. Continue until you cover the entire surface of the buckle. Secure glue. For this, transparent hot glue is suitable, which will not leave traces on the rope.
Stitching the ribbon
Carefully remove the clips from the top of the braid. Uppere, if necessary? Spit. Fold the cotton ribbon in half and push along the long edge on the sewing machine, and then squeeze the sides. Curtain the upper end of the braid through the buckle. On top of the braid, stitched tape and secure the clip. The tape should be between oblique and upper threads.
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Practice
Then step up along the top edge, next to the buckle. Now step on the sewing machine below the tape line parallel to the first seam near the buckle. This seam must fix the ribbon on the spit. Cut out the excess length from the threads, fir the ends.
We sew another end
Put the belt on your waist and decide what length it should be. Generate the ends of the threads from another untreated edge back. Stop along the curved edge on the sewing machine. You can also make this seam manually or use manual stitch. Carefully cut off the extra long threads, crowd the ends. Ready! This braided belt will perfectly emphasize the bending of the waist and is suitable for almost any outfit.
