Cuff Bracelet Tutorial

After posting my cuff bracelets, I had some emails

with questions on the construction process.

I started out with a piece of felted wool.

(Felted Wool is wool that has been washed in

hot water and dried in the dryer.  This process

creates a piece of wool that is like felt, the more

you  wash and dry the wool the less fraying you

will have.)

I then used some fabric dye to give it some color.

Note there is some fraying on the edges.  I have a

front loading washer and those washers take forever

to felt wool.  You need lots of agitation to create

dense felt.  (Now I have some things that agitate

me, but I am not wool so that won't work.)

The next step is to press the felted wool and cut

your cuff to the desired shape.  Since the fibers are

intertwined you can cut most any shape and have it

be  stable.

I hooped the fabric to apply the vintage image I wanted

for  a focal point.

 

I then got to do something fun!  Look through my

stash for images and embellishments.  Buttons, beads,

torn strips of fabric and ribbons.  The ribbon on the

right with the blue tag, as well as the image came

from Pat Winters.  Pat does beautiful work and has

an assortment of lovely images for sale. 

The next steps were adding all the goodies.   I began

with my focal point and added whatever looked good next.

Along with a heavy duty snap or button for a

closure.

My  completed cuff.

Love to all,

Debbie