Friday, March 2, 2012

Leather Skirt to Leather Cuff Refashion

leather skirt refashion

This leather skirt set me back $3 at the thrift. 

I didn’t purchase it to wear, but then I tried it on for fun and I kind of fell in love with its awesome high waist and beautiful not-quite-red-not-quite-orange color.  For a wee split second I thought of keeping it, but then the reality set in that I didn’t have anywhere in the world to wear a 10-pound high-waisted  honky tonkin’ 70’s flashback leather skirt.  Alas.

So I cut in to it.  And the pain only lasted for a second. 

Because before I knew it, I had a couple of these bad boys.

leather wrist cuff

A much more practical use of the beautiful material, if I do say so.

leather wrist cuff

This is the accessory piece I made for our D.I.Y. Louisville accessory swap.  I used the tutorial found on Oh The Lovely Things HERE.  (Which *is* a lovely blog, and totally worth your clicks.)

We're linking this post up with other fun sewing projects at Sew Country Chick.

~julee~