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Home » Tutorials » Leather and Felted Wool Hydrangea Hair Elastics

Leather and Felted Wool Hydrangea Hair Elastics

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Spring is just around the corner (please, pretty please) so now is the time to start making things with flowers!  I made some hair elastics out of leather and felted wool.
leather and wool flower hair ties
Today I will show you how to make the leather hydrangea flower. Supplies: Leather Scissors Sharpie Circle to trace Hot Glue Gun Hair Elastic Find a piece of leather in the color of your choice. My is black leather from a coat from my stash.
a piece of black leather
Choose a circle shape to trace.  I chose a thread spool that is slightly bigger than the standard spool.  The size of the circle will determine the size of your petals.  For the felted wool flowers in the picture above, I used a much bigger circle.
spool of green thread
Trace 10 circles onto the leather with your sharpie (even though photo only shows 8 circles). I traced on the backside so the sharpie would show up.
circles drawn on leather
Cut out the 10 circles.
leather circles
Fold each circle in half to make a taco shape. You can put a dab of hot glue to hold the petal shapes if that is the look you are going for.  I glued the petals on this leather flower but did not on the felted wool ones.
leather circle folded in half
Then, fold in half again to make the petal shape.
leather petal shape
Put hot glue along the bottom of the folded circle.  There should be 2 folded edges, on the bottom, to glue.  Stick it to one of the circles, for a base, with the front edge slightly hanging off the end.
gluing petal on leather circle
For the next petal, flip the folded circle and put glue along the single folded edge.  Stick this petal next to the on already on the base.
two petals glued on leather circle
Continue to glue 6 petals onto the base, switching each time from the 2 folded edges to the single folded edge.
six petals glued around leather circle
Next, glue 3 folded circles into the center of the base.
glue petals in center of circle
Trim away the leather between the petals.
trimmed leather circle
Cut 1 small rectangle of leather and put hot glue at each end.  Center the hair elastic and place the leather strip over it.
glue on hair elastic
After letting the glue dry, the hydrangea flower is ready to use.  You can make these elegant flowers out of felted wool or other fabrics too.  There are many other things you could use the flower for besides hair.
leather flower hair tie on ponytail
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  1. lisbonlioness says

    September 30, 2011 at 12:19 pm

    I’ll have to try this with felt- it looks amazing in your beautiful hair!

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  2. little miss maison says

    August 8, 2011 at 7:40 am

    what a great idea and leather looks great. lovely xxxx

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  3. enigma says

    June 18, 2011 at 6:55 am

    very cool! tried it immeadiately with leather, then out of a transparent shopping bag (very spacey) and finally out of a towel (by sewing instead of glueing), which was the best one because you actually could use it to dry your hands. the friend that came to visit this day was amazed, so I just gave it to her :)greetings from germany

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  4. Jamie says

    March 6, 2011 at 4:14 pm

    What a great idea. I’m your newest follower. I would love it if you linked your project up to my link party on Monday.More The Merrier Monday.http://diyhshp.blogspot.com

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  5. Rachel {BubblyNatureCreations.com} says

    March 6, 2011 at 6:30 am

    so cute! I love leather re-purposed!!!

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Tonia LarsonHi, I'm Tonia, a lover of food and photography! Fill a gunny sack with ingredients, tie on an apron and let's get cooking!
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