Sew a soutache bracelet with your own hands: pattern, diagrams and description

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Soutache style decorations are made by hand. The master uses beads, beads, and special laces. Flexible braid is laid out in various patterns and shapes. The space around the cord can be decorated with bead embroidery, beads of different sizes, rhinestones or precious stones. Each decorative element using the soutache technique is carefully secured and stitched together. Accessories such as small earrings, brooches and pendants, as well as massive collars in the form of necklaces are made in this style.

DIY soutache bracelet - soutache technique

Before starting the master class, you should prepare the basic material for work:

1. A small piece of leather.
2. Two types of beads – six and four millimeters in diameter.
3. Eighteen millimeter cabochons. Cabochons are a precious, semi-precious stone that becomes smooth, polished, convex after special processing. There are no edges on the surface.
4. Three colors of soutache cord.
5. Fastening for the lock.
6. Glue, scissors, needle, thread.
7. Two clips on the ends of the bracelet.

The design of the bracelet consists of three elements. This is the central part and two side fragments. They are manufactured separately and then combined into one solid product.

Soutache bracelet – master class

Initially, a large cabochon is wrapped in two pieces of lace of the same color. Large stitches are used for fastening. According to the rules, all lines should pass only through the central grooves of the braid. The remaining laces of two colors are added step by step. The result is a stone wrapped in three colors of soutache tape. How to make a soutache bracelet - master class:

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• A bead with a diameter of six millimeters is wrapped with one end of a triple braid. A loop is formed. The remaining ends are brought out on the wrong side of the product and fixed with a stitch.
• The remaining three ends of the lace are processed in the same way. The result is a piece that contains one stone and four beads. The excess parts of the soutache tape are cut off and glued to the inside of the product.
• Pieces from each cord are cut off again. A large bead is sewn in the middle of a pair of loops made earlier and connected to the product. Combines with soutache.
• About a centimeter of the end of the braid remains next to the bead. The long ends are looped around six smaller beads.
• The cord is wound on the wrong side and re-exited to the front side. In this case, the first sewn bead is passed around from the opposite side.
• Six beads are taken again, and the end of the cord is combined with the finished composition. Fixed with a stitch.
• Two more decorative elements are processed similarly. Loops are formed, the ends are brought out to the inside, secured and trimmed. For strength, the cut area is taped again.
• They work according to this scheme until the second part of the middle of the part is ready.
• When the center fragment is ready, move on to making the side parts. A pair of laces ten centimeters long are folded in half. A stitch is made at the fold and a small bead is sewn in. Alternate beads with stitch four times.
• Two twelve-centimeter pieces of braid are used to wrap the workpiece. Four small decorative elements are re-sewn on both sides. They should be located at the bend points of the tape, which were obtained during the previous steps.
• The ends are cut off and glue is applied.
• The clasp is placed on the end of the bracelet and clamped tightly.
• The second side part is made by analogy.
• Three fragments of the product are sewn together.
• A leather blank of a suitable size is cut out in accordance with the parameters of the central part. It is sewn onto the wrong side of the product. The detail allows you to hide ugly stitches and fragments of work.
• The end parts and the lock are adjusted.

The soutache product is ready. Creating a bracelet is a creative process, so each master chooses the material and decor independently. There are several techniques for making jewelry. Each of them has its own characteristics. Ready-made accessories look expensive, elegant and fashionable. They harmonize perfectly with evening and festive outfits.