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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Quilted Leather Bracer and UnderBracer Tutorial: DIY for under $10

Here is my tutorial of how I made these awesome quilted bracers/vambraces.



Part 1: Drafting a Bracer Pattern based on the Vambraces of Gondor

Part 2: Sewing the underbracers, How to Quilt Bracers, and a Lacing Ring Solution
Part 3: Assembling the Bracers: How to make Thin Leather look like Thick Leather

Part 4: Inserting Grommets/Eyelets without a hole punch, and Painting the Leather with shoepolish
Part 5: Glam Shots of the finished project
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 24, 2024 at 4:59 AM

    could you make bracers without the leather? we don't have any.

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    1. AnonymousJuly 24, 2024 at 9:09 AM

      Yes, the underbracer I made with just brown cotton fabric. I actually think fake suede fabric (usually polyester, you can often find it as curtain panels in thrift-stores or Walmart) would look pretty cool. I think that's what they actually used in some of the extra's costumes in the Lord of the Rings movies.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 24, 2024 at 5:00 AM

    but I like the idea.

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