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Brass and Leather Charm Bracelet Tutorial

June 28, 2013 By: Linda @ Mixed Kreations6 Comments

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I picked up this brass link last week while visiting my daughter out of town. I cannot pass by a hobby lobby without stopping. You just never know what kind of bargains you might find. And a bargain I did find. I found several packages of these links on the clearance aisle for under $1.50 for four. Couldn’t pass them up, so I bought them all. Haven’t seen these at my Hobby Lobby before.

Now what to make? I have been wanting to put another tutorial together, something easy. So I started pulling things out, and then remembered the brass links. So now the question is how to incorporate one the links into my design? I decided to start out with some black leather cord for the bracelet band, and add charms to the link for embellishment. The chain came later when I decided that the bracelet needed a little something else.

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These are the supplies needed for making a bracelet like this one. For the link you can make one yourself out of wire, use a washer, or another kind of link.
Decorative link
Black leather cord
Artistic wire
5 small jump-rings
1 large jump-ring
Charms & Beads
Lobster clasp
Chain optional

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Here are the tools needed for this project.
Two bent-nose pliers
Round-nose pliers
Flush wire cutters

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Ok let’s get started. First I cut a piece of leather cord about 16” long, then string the lobster clasp onto the cord.

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Center the clasp then tie a knot in the cord to hold the clasp in place.

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Add your jump-rings to your decorative link, I added two small to one side to run cord through for extra strength. The larger jump-ring is part of my clasp (hook the lobster clasp onto).

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Now run your cord through the smaller jump-rings, and fold ends over, (adjust the length for your bracelet here). This bracelet measures 7” in total length, from large jump-ring to the lobster clasp. You can add more rings later if you decide that you would like it longer.

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Cut about a 3” piece of artistic wire for wrapping around the cord where you folded it over.

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Start wrapping the wire around your leather cord tightly.

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When you reach the end of the wire, bend the tip and tuck down in between the two cords using your bent-nose pliers.

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Now start adding your charms. I choice two charms, a bird and butterfly. For the other charms I am going to make bead charms.

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To make my bead charms I first cut several 3” pieces of wire. I am going to make my own head pins.

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To make head-pins.

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Add the beads to your head-pins and make a simple wrapped bead loop.

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Now add your bead charms. Yay! You’re done. Now wasn’t that easy? You can add more charms or leave it as it is. This is when I decided that the bracelet needed a little something else and added the chain.

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